Saint Roch Interceding with the Virgin for the Plague-Stricken [SEP] creator
Saint Roch Interceding with the Virgin for the Plague-Stricken
Saint Roch Interceding with the Virgin for the Plague-Stricken is an early religious painting by the French artist Jacques-Louis David. 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. Its influences include Caravaggio, Poussin, Guercino and Lebrun. It shows
- "The Dead Christ supported by the Virgin, with Mary Magdalen, St. Francis, and other figures".
- "The Descent of the Holy Ghost".
- "The Assumption of the Virgin".
- "The Virgin suckling the Infant Christ".
- "St. Roch interceding with Christ for the Plague-stricken".
- "Thomyris causing the Head of Cyrus to be put into a Vessel of Blood".
Principal works Subjects after various masters.
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