Black Death Collection

AI IMAGE - A plague doctor, 17th century, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - A plague doctor, 17th century, (2023). Physician who treated victims of bubonic plague, wearing an ankle-length overcoat and a bird-like beak mask

AI IMAGE - A plague doctor, 17th century, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - A plague doctor, 17th century, (2023). Physician who treated victims of bubonic plague, wearing an ankle-length overcoat and a bird-like beak mask

The Vision of Saint Frances of Rome, ca 1657. Creator: Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665)
The Vision of Saint Frances of Rome, ca 1657. Found in the collection of the Musee du Louvre, Paris

La Peste d'Asdod (The Plague at Ashdod), ca 1631. Creator: Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665)
La Peste d'Asdod (The Plague at Ashdod), ca 1631. Found in the collection of the Musee du Louvre, Paris

Saint Roch (Polittico di Berbenno), 1510-1515. Creator: Previtali, Andrea (ca 1480-1528)
Saint Roch (Polittico di Berbenno), 1510-1515. Found in the collection of the Accademia Carrara, Bergamo

San Gennaro protects Naples, 1652. Creator: Palumbo, Onofrio (active ca 1650)
San Gennaro protects Naples, 1652. Found in the collection of the Complesso Museale dell'Augustissima Arciconfraternita dei Pellegrini

Interior of a Hospital with Saint Charles Borromeo and Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, 1669. Found in the collection of the Musee des Beaux-Arts, Verviers

Saint Thecla Praying for the End of the Plague in the City of Este, after 1759. Creator: Lorenzo Tiepolo
Saint Thecla Praying for the End of the Plague in the City of Este, after 1759

So the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel, 1841. Creator: Peter Lightfoot
So the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel, 1841. Biblical scene, from 2 Samuel 24: 15: So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed

Flagellants, 1493. At the time of the Black Death in Europe, members of this sect, known as the Brothers of the Cross, went through the streets scourging themselves in an attempt to take the sins of

Flagellants in the Netherlands town of Tournai (Doornik), 1349. Flagellants, known as the Brothers of the Cross, scourging themselves as they walk through the streets in order to free the world

Procession of Saint Charles Borromeo during the plague of Milan, 1861. Found in the Collection of the Musee Carnavalet, Paris

Sketch for the Saint-Sulpice church: Saint Louis buries the plague victims in Damietta, Between 1864 and 1870. Found in the Collection of the Petit Palais, Musee des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris

Scene from the life of Saint Roch, 1517. Creator: Orley, Everaert (Everard), van (c
Scene from the life of Saint Roch, 1517. Found in the Collection of the Sint-Jacobskerk, Antwerpen

Saint Roch attending the Venice plague-victims in the Lazaretto. Private Collection

Isola del Lazzaretto Vecchio, Second Half of the 18th cen. Private Collection

Isolario veneto, XII. Isola del Lazzaretto Vecchio, 1777. Private Collection

Lazzaretto Nuovo on a map of 17th century. Creator: Historical Document
Lazzaretto Nuovo on a map of 17th century. Found in the Collection of the Polo Museale Veneto

Saints Roch and Sebastian. Creator: Strozzi, Bernardo (1581-1644)
Saints Roch and Sebastian. Private Collection

Riders of the Apocalypse I, 1911. Creator: Kandinsky, Wassily Vasilyevich (1866-1944)
Riders of the Apocalypse I, 1911. Found in the collection of Stadtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich

The Plague, 1898. Creator: Bocklin, Arnold (1827-1901)
The Plague, 1898. Found in the collection of Art Museum Basel

Edward III, (1312-1377), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Edward III, (1312-1377), 1830. Edward III (1312-1377) King of England and Lord of Ireland from January 1327 until his death

Well poisoning: Torture of the Jews, 1475. Creator: Anonymous
Well poisoning: Torture of the Jews, 1475. Private Collection

Burning of the Jews at Deggendorf in 1338 (from the Schedels Chronicle of the World), 1493. Private Collection

Rescued from the Plague, 1898. Artist: Francis William Topham
Rescued from the Plague, 1898; a child is being lifted through an open window during the outbreak of plague which occured in 1665. To the right, a sick woman sits in a doorway

The Great Plague: scenes in the streets of London, 1665-1666 (1905). From Cassells History of England, Vol. III, [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1905]

Reduced from the Plague, London, 1665 (1905). A victim of thee Great Plague of London. From Cassells History of England, Vol

The Great Plague: the Maniac Pronouncing the Doom of London, 1665-1666 (1905). Artist: AB Frost
The Great Plague: the Maniac Pronouncing the Doom of London, 1665-1666 (1905). From Cassells History of England, Vol. III, [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1905]

Charles II and his court at the palace during the Plague of London, c1665-1666 (1890). From left to right: Lady Castlemaine, Charles II and Queen Catherine, attended by her Spanish duennas

Bills of mortality bill for London, covering part of the period of the Great Plague, 1664-1665. John Graunt (1620-1674) based his statistical analysis on these weekly and yearly tables

Burying victims of the Plague of London at night in multiple graves, 1665. Two of the men are smoking pipes, partly to combat the stench of the corpses

Filling a mass grave at night during the Plague of London, c1665
Filling a mass grave at night during the Plague of London, c 1665. Showing a group of men with torches in a churchyard, preparing to empty the contents of a covered cart into an open grave

Flagellant, 16th century. Artist: Jost Amman
Flagellant, 16th century. Flagellants were members of a sect, known as the Brothers of the Cross, founded in c1260. They whipped themselves until blood ran in order to obtain Gods mercy

Plague of London, 1665 (1810). Scenes of death and despair in a London street during the outbreak of the plague that occurred in 1665 and killed some 60, 000 people, a fifth of Londons population

The Plague Pit, 1855. Artist: John Franklin
The Plague Pit, 1855. Consigning bodies of victims of the plague to a communal grave during the Plague of London, 1665. From Old Saint Pauls by W Harrison Ainsworth

Engraving of Black rat caught in trap, 1838. Artist: William Jardine
Engraving of Black rat caught in trap, 1838. This is the rat that is a vector of plauge. Hand-coloured engraving published Edinburgh 1838 in William Jardine Naturalists Library series

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