M0005866: Saint Carlo Borromeo administering the sacrament to victims of the great plague of Milan in 1576

Date:: 03 November 1938

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/48/72

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      - Photographic library: "M" seriesWT/D/1/20/1
        "M" series glass plate negatives: M0005789-M0005896WT/D/1/20/1/48
        M0005866: Saint Carlo Borromeo administering the sacrament to victims of the great plague of Milan in 1576WT/D/1/20/1/48/72

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M0005866: Saint Carlo Borromeo administering the sacrament to victims of the great plague of Milan in 1576. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Also known as

Previous title, replaced August 2020: Saint Carlo Borromeo administering the sacrament to victims of the great plague of Milan in 1576.

Description

Photograph of a painting by Gaspar de Crayer (1584-1669), Flemish painter, depicting Saint Carlo Borromeo giving Communion to the plague stricken. The photograph was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in October 1938 (accession number PHO 11063).

Publication/Creation

03 November 1938

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

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Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.