Morbetto (The Plague in Phrygia), Marcantonio Raimondi, No earlier than 1520, Graphic Art, Copper Engraving, This is morbid. In the foreground there lies a dead woman with a child. There is an acrid smell. The man is holding his nose as he tries to push the child away. If it is to live, this child must not drink its mother’s milk. But this is a situation full of contradictions in that the child will also find it difficult to survive without. A divine light is flooding into the otherwise dark room through the window on the left. If you have faith

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