Saint Roch
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian (active Venice, Udine, Würzburg, and Madrid) 1696 - 1770
Date:
1730-1735Medium:
Oil on paper on canvasDimensions:
17 3/4 x 13 3/8 inches (45.1 x 34 cm)Curatorial Department:
European Painting
Cat. 289Credit Line:
John G. Johnson Collection, 1917
1730-1735Medium:
Oil on paper on canvasDimensions:
17 3/4 x 13 3/8 inches (45.1 x 34 cm)Curatorial Department:
European Painting
* Gallery 283, European Art 1500-1850, second floor
Accession Number:Cat. 289Credit Line:
John G. Johnson Collection, 1917
Label:
Saint Roch, patron saint of plague victims, is often depicted with a dog at his side in reference to the one that fed him when he himself suffered from the plague.
Saint Roch, patron saint of plague victims, is often depicted with a dog at his side in reference to the one that fed him when he himself suffered from the plague.
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