Drawing, Study of a Saint During a Plague, ca. 1790, Mariano Rossi, circa 1790

A saint is shown praying in the moat of a town in the right foreground. Dead and dying persons lie in the moat and are thrown into it. Framing stripe and line. Date: circa 1790. Dimensions: 34.6 x 23.9 cm (13 5/8 x 9 7/16 in.). Medium: black chalk on paper, pen and black ink, wash. Collection: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Drawing, Study of a Saint During a Plague, ca. 1790 (CH 18550903)