Open full image Pin

Plague Victims Pleading for Help from Christ, the Virgin, and Saint Roch

Lattanzio Gambara

1570

chalk

From the collection of National Gallery of Art

Renaissance Renaissance Religious

Dominant colour

Plague Victims Pleading for Help from Christ, the Virgin, and Saint Roch is a 1570 chalk by Lattanzio Gambara, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.

Who painted this?: Lattanzio Gambara
When & what style?: 1570 · Renaissance
Where can I see it?: National Gallery of Art

About this work

This painting is called Plague Victims Pleading for Help from Christ, the Virgin, and Saint Roch. It was created during the Renaissance period. The artist used a mix of pen, brown ink, and white gouache to create the image, which is now held at the National Gallery of Art, Washington. You can learn more about this style by looking into the technique: gouache.