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Object Type
Museum number: 1848,1125.484
Title: Object: The Plague
Description: Plate 19: The Plague of Athens, after a painting traditionally attributed to Poussin but by Michael Sweerts; an agora filled with people in distress, some lying on the ground, some in prayer others raising their arms to the heaven, in the foreground lies two women on mattresses and ruined pillars, either dead or very sick; in the foreground, at left, a man standing beside the body of a woman and tearing his hair out; proof state. Etching and engraving.
Producer name: Formerly attributed to: Nicolas Poussin; After: Michiel Sweerts; Print made by: James Fittler; Published by: William Miller
School/style: British; French
Production date: 1811
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique: etching; engraving
Dimensions: Height: 353 millimetres; Width: 508 millimetres
Curator's comments: We are grateful to John Lloyd (email July 2020) for pointing out that this after Sweerts' painting of c. 1650-2 now at LACMA (AC1997.10.1).
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Location: Not on display
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Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1848
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1848,1125.484

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