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| Keywords: Melchiorre Gherardini, Piazza di S. Babila durante la peste del 1630.jpg Piazza San Babila Milan during the plague of 1630 The Porta Orientale is in the background In the centre of the piazza stand the column of S Mona 1585 and the column of the lion 1628 ; at the foot of the former a priest celebrates mass Eight plague carts laden with corpses head towards the Porta Orientale “ presumably to the cemetery of S Gregorio which stood by the lazaretto beyond the city gate Another corpse lies on the ground by the church of S Babila <p>This is from a series of fourteen etchings which were accompanied by a dedication to an un-named prince-cardinal probably Teodoro Trivulzio They are in the Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo di Brescia <p>See source for a fuller treatment ~ 1630 G Nicodemi http //www archive org/stream/archiviostoricol49sociuoft page/362 ˜Un curioso documento iconografico della peste del 1630 a Milano ™ Archivio storico lombardo 5th series 9 1922 361 “63 p 362 Melchiorre Gherardini PD-old-100 PD-Art Uploaded with UploadWizard Melchiorre Gherardini Piazza San Babila Milan 1630 Milan in art Plague in art Teodoro Trivulzio Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo Brescia Baroque art in Brescia Porta orientale Milan 1630 in Milan | ||||
