The Plague in Rome, 1869, Jules Elie Delaunay, French, 1828 - 1891, 14 7/16 x 18 1/16 in. ( x cm) (canvas)21 1/4 x 23 3/4 x 2 1/4 in. ( x x cm) (outer frame), Oil on wood, France, 19th century, This is probably a study for Delaunay's most famous painting, a large canvas he exhibited in 1869, but which had its genesis during Delaunay's period of study in Rome (1856-61). The artist took inspiration from a passage in Jacobus de Voragine's 13th-century 'Golden Legend', which describes how divine vengeance brought a plague to Rome. In the painting, plague-stricken figures

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