Artist Anthony van Dyck | ||
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Saint Rosalie Interceding for the Plague–Stricken of Palermo is a 1624 painting by Anthony van Dyck, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
History
The painting was one of several of Saint Rosalia produced in Palermo by van Dyck in late summer 1624 - she was the city's patron saint and her remains were said to have been found on Mount Pellegrino on 15 July 1624, the same year as this painting, during a severe bout of plague in the city. For this painting, van Dyck re-used a canvas which had previously borne a sketch for a self-portrait. It was bought by Antonio Ruffo, a Sicilian nobleman and art collector who later also owned Aristotle with a Bust of Homer by Rembrandt, which he commissioned in 1653.
References
Saint Rosalie Interceding for the Plague–Stricken of Palermo Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA