Plague

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This is an overview of historical plagues and their depictions in art.

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Plague

The Spread of the Black Death

The Black Death at Tournai, France, 1349

Plague Victims BlessedJames Le Palmer, 14th Century

PlagueToggenburg Bible, 1411

Plague, 15th Century

Plague, 15th Century

The Dance of DeathNuremberg Chronicle, 1493

The Pope Leading a Procession to Prayfor the End of the Plague, 15th Century

The Plague in PhrygiaMarc Antonio Raimond, 1516

The Triumph of DeathPeter Bruegel the Elder, c. 1562

The Plague of AzothNicholas Poussin, 1631

The Great Plague of London, 1665

Rita Greer, 2009

St. Macarius Helping Plague VictimsJacob van Oost, 1673

The PlagueGeteano Zumbo, 17th Century

The Plague AltarLudovico Lana, 17th Century

The Plague of Marseille, 1720

The Plague in MarseilleMichel Serre, 1720

The Plague in MarseilleMichel Serre, 1720

The Plague of Marseille

The PlagueVan Mieris Frans Le Jeune, 18th Century

Napoleon Visiting the Plague Victims at JaffaAntoine-Jean Gros, 1804

The Plague LazaretteFrancesco de Goya, 1810

Plague in BarcelonaHorace Vernet, 1822

The Plague in IsraelGustave Doré, 1866

The Plague in RomeElle Delaunay, 1869

The Plague is ComingTheodor Kittelsen, 1895

The Plague is on the StairsTheodor Kittelsen, 1896

The PlagueArnold Böcklin, 1898

The Plague WomanAlphonse Mucha, 1899

The Plague Series

Felix Jenewein, 1900

Outbreak of Infection

Burials

Debauchery

The Stoning of the Doctor

Penance

Reconciliation

Rat Catchers in Sydney during theBubonic Plague of 1900

PlagueJaroslav Panuška, 1903

EpidemicAlfred Kubin, 1903

PlagueEmil Holárek, 1905