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Tiepolo was one of the most renowned artists in eighteenth-century Venice. Influenced by Venetian Renaissance painters such as Tintoretto and Veronese, he composed numerous religious and mythological scenes, achieving notoriety for his paintings’ vivid color and theatrical effects. In this small canvas, made for private devotion, he depicts Saint Roch, the medieval French nobleman who, according to hagiographic accounts, miraculously healed plague victims while a mendicant pilgrim in Italy…
"San Roque" Saint Roch, by Francesc Ribalta (1565–1628).
Saint Roch
This altarpiece depicts Saint Roch (ca. 1348–1376/79), known as a plague saint for his miracles in curing the sick. He became a popular figure in art following the Black Death in the fourteenth century and the Italian plague outbreak of 1477–79
ST. ROCH
Saint Roch is the patron saint of dogs, surgeons, contagious diseases, epidemics, and more. During the black plague, he traveled through Italian towns & cured many. Eventually, he became sick with the plague & isolated himself. A hunting dog befriended him, brought him food every day, and licked his wounds. Saint Roch ended up imprisoned the rest of his life when he was mistaken as a spy. It is said that an angel appeared in his cell after he died revealing who he was.
