Saint Roch Interceding with the Virgin for the Plague-Stricken
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Saint Roch Interceding with the Virgin for the Plague-Stricken is an early religious painting by the French artist Jacques-Louis David. It shows Saint Roch interceding to the Virgin Mary and Christ Child for the plague sufferers shown around him. He painted it in 1780 during his stay at the Villa Medici in Rome after winning first prize for painting in the Prix de Rome (before his Portrait of count Stanislas Potocki) and exhibited it at the 1781 Paris Salon on his return to France. While in Rome he was much influenced by the works of Caravaggio, Poussin, Guercino and Lebrun. He was determined not to be seduced by the Italian baroque style, declaring "the Antique will not seduce me, it lacks animation, it does not move". Nevertheless, he filled twelve sketchbooks with drawings while he was in Rome, and he and his studio used them as models for the rest of his life.[1][2]
Saint Roch Interceding with the Virgin for the Plague-Stricken | |
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Artist | Jacques-Louis David |
Year | 1780 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 260 cm × 195 cm (100 in × 77 in) |
Location | Musée des Beaux-Arts, Marseille |