University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
Category
Archival Items
Classification
Archival, Images
Accession Number
77.6.4
Description
Colour lithograph depicting the face of death caused by the Plague: people fleeing the plague, wearing mouth masks and being led by a priest holding a candle.
Colour lithograph depicting the face of death caused by the Plague: people fleeing the plague, wearing mouth masks and being led by a priest holding a candle.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; Dr. J.R. Ross.
This is one of a series of six prints, titled "La Peste"; Jenewein (1857-1905) specialized in religious themes: his great tryptych is "Judas"; most of his work is in the Galerie Moderne in Prague.
Accepted by the Academy of Medicine on 10 April 1977.