Heilige Rochus als pelgrim met pelgrimsstaf en pestbult op been

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Art Historical Context

In the early 16th century, Italian engraver Marcantonio Raimondi captured the devotion to Saint Roch, the patron saint of plague victims, in this intimate engraving titled *Heilige Rochus als pelgrim met pelgrimsstaf en pestbult op been* (Saint Roch as Pilgrim with Pilgrim's Staff and Plague Boil on Leg). Created between 1500 and 1527, the work measures just 83mm by 53mm, making it a pocket-sized devotional image ideal for personal prayer during Europe's recurring plague outbreaks. Roch is depicted as a weary pilgrim, staff in hand and a telltale plague bubo on his leg, embodying resilience an...

About the Artist

Marcantonio Raimondi · 1475–1534

Marcantonio Raimondi (c. 1480–1534), born near Bologna, Italy, emerged as one of the Renaissance's premier engravers, revolutionizing printmaking through his mastery of reproductive techniques. He trained in the workshop of the goldsmith, painter, and niellist Francesco Francia, whose influence is evident in his early engravings, such as the goldsmith-like shading in *Pyramus and Thisbe* (1505), h...