Saint Rosalie Interceding for the Plague–Stricken of Palermo

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.

External links

Saint Rosalie Interceding for the Plague–Stricken of Palermo - Metropolitan Museum catalogue entry

Paintings by Anthony van Dyck

Religious subjects	The Betrayal of Christ (1618–20) (Bristol ; Madrid ; Minneapolis) Christ Crowned with Thorns (1619–20) Crucifixion (1630) Crucifixion with Saints (1617–19) Deposition / Lamentation over the Dead Christ (1615; 1618; 1619; 1629; 1629–30; 1634; 1635; 1640) Entry of Christ into Jerusalem (1617) Madonna and Child (1621–27) The Mocking of Christ (1628-30) Madonna and Child with Two Donors (1630) Rest on the Flight into Egypt (1630) Saint Ambrose barring Theodosius from Milan Cathedral (1619–20) Saint Martin and the Beggar (1618) Saint Rosalie Interceding for the Plague–Stricken of Palermo (1624) Samson and Delilah (1620 ; 1630) The Vision of the Blessed Hermann Joseph (1629–30)

Mythological subjects	Cupid and Psyche (1638–40) Drunken Silenus (1620) Jupiter and Antiope (1620) Thetis Receiving the Weapons of Achilles from Hephaestus (1630–32)

Portraits	Charles I (Equestrian ; At the Hunt; Triple Portrait; with M. de St Antoine) Henrietta Maria (As St Catherine; Triple Portrait) Magistrates of Brussels (Preparatory sketch) Olivia Boteler Porter

Self-portraits	1613–14 1632–33 1635 (with Endymion Porter) 1640

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