1624, Anthony van Dyck, Saint Rosalie Interceding from the Plague-Stricken of Palermo -- Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
From the museum label: Van Dyck was in Palermo, Sicily, when a plague broke out and the city was quarantined. In their despair, residents prayed to the city's twelfth-century patroness, Saint Rosalie, whose long-lost remains were rediscovered in the midst of the epidemic. Images of Saint Rosalie were in great demand; this one was painted by Van Dyck on top of a self-portrait that he had sketched on the canvas. Acquired in 1871, this was one of the first European paintings to enter The Met collection.
1624, Anthony van Dyck, Saint Rosalie Interceding from the Plague-Stricken of Palermo -- Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
From the museum label: Van Dyck was in Palermo, Sicily, when a plague broke out and the city was quarantined. In their despair, residents prayed to the city's twelfth-century patroness, Saint Rosalie, whose long-lost remains were rediscovered in the midst of the epidemic. Images of Saint Rosalie were in great demand; this one was painted by Van Dyck on top of a self-portrait that he had sketched on the canvas. Acquired in 1871, this was one of the first European paintings to enter The Met collection.