The Great Plague of Marseille, 1720 (also called The Great Plague of Provence)

An estimated 1 million people died in Northern Italy in the plague of 1630–31

“Banned places due to the occurrence of the Contagion,” October 12, 1628

A stay-at-home order is issued for women and children on July 25, 1630. What began as a 15-day isolation order, would be extended for nearly six months. It was partially lifted on January 13, 1631 and ended on March 3, 1631.

Festa della Redentore, annual festival on the third Sunday of JulyCelebration to commemorate the end of the 1576–77 plague, which killed 50,000 people in the city, over 25 percent of its population of 180,000

Tintoretto, Chapter Room, 1577–1581, Scuola of San Rocco, Venice

Baldassare Longhena, Santa Maria della Salute [‘Holy Mary of Health’]Venice, 1631–1687

Giovanni Battista Brustolon (Italian, Venice, 1712 – 1796) after Canaletto (Italian, Venice, 1697 – 1768)The Doge Visits Santa Maria della Salute, c. 1765, Etching, 17 1/8 x 21 3/4 inches, Philadelphia Museum of Art