University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
Category
Archival Items
Classification
Archival, Images
Accession Number
77.6.5
Description
Colour lithograph depicting the face of death caused by the Plague: the Plague strikes all levels of society, evidenced by a rolling pin (baker), scholar (spectacles), a muscular man with clenched fists lying dead on the ground (strong men); vultures in the air.
Colour lithograph depicting the face of death caused by the Plague: the Plague strikes all levels of society, evidenced by a rolling pin (baker), scholar (spectacles), a muscular man with clenched fists lying dead on the ground (strong men); vultures in the air.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; Dr. J.R. Ross.
"Sumptum fecit, B. Köc" (purchased by?); "[skull and crossbones] Justicia // M.U.D." (Medicinea Universae Doctor--the Austrian medical degree)
Condition Remarks
Very brittle.
Copy Type
Original
Research Facts
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.