Black Death. "Blessed Bernard Tolomei Interceding for the Cessation of the Plague in Siena" by Giuseppe Maria Crespi, oil on copper,

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Black Death. "Blessed Bernard Tolomei Interceding for the Cessation of the Plague in Siena" by Giuseppe Maria Crespi, oil on copper, During the Black Death of 1348, the Blessed Bernard Tolomei left the safety of his Benedictine monastery in Monte Oliveto and returned to his native Siena to attend to the sick and dying. He succumbed to the plague that same year and soon became the object of religious devotion. Image digitally retouched

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Size: 8702px × 5707px
Location: Getty Collection, Los Angeles, USA
Photo credit: © IanDagnall Computing / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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