Saint Charles Borromeo attending to the sick and dying people of Milan; he appears kneeling on the left holding a large, wooden crucifix surrounded by two male figures; the plague victims are splayed out on the ground to the right
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini)
Artist bio: Italian, Cortona 1596–1669 Rome
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: ca. 1690–1740
Medium: Engraving and etching
Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed): 13 11/16 × 10 9/16 in. (34.7 × 26.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Geography:  London     
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
Accession year: 1951