Saint Rosalie Interceding for the Plague-stricken of Palermo, 1624, Oil on canvas, 39 1/4 x 29 in. (99.7 x 73.7 cm), Paintings, Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, Antwerp 1599–1641 London), Van Dyck was in Palermo, Sicily, when a plague broke out and the city was quarantined. On July 15, 1624, the remains of Saint Rosalie—the city’s patroness, who died about 1160—were opportunely discovered on Mount Pellegrino, which is visible here above the harbor of Palermo
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Saint Rosalie Interceding, Plague-stricken, Palermo, 1624, Oil, canvas, 39 1/4 x 29, 99.7 73.7 cm, Paintings, Anthony van Dyck, Flemish, Antwerp, 1599–1641, London, Van, Sicily, plague broke, out, city, quarantined, July 15, remains, Rosalie—, patroness, died, 1160— opportunely, discovered, Mount Pellegrino, visible, harbor
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