Christ Appointing Saint Roch as Patron Saint of Plague Victims

Its recorded materials are oil paint, panel and canvas.

It forms part of list of masterpieces of Flanders. It comprises Christ Appointing Saint Roch as Patron Saint of Plague Victims, Madonna and Child (St. Roch altarpiece), St. Roch fed by a dog (St. Roch altarpiece) and The death of Saint Roch (St. Roch altarpiece).

7 works under this name are catalogued by Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1626 to 2010.

Saint Roch, named by Christ as patron of plague-victims; below, people suffering from plague. Engraving by P. Pontius, 1626, after Sir P.P. Rubens., dated 1626, held by Wellcome Collection. Cardiovascular physiology in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries / [Jerome Joseph Bylebyl]., dated [1976], held by Wellcome Collection. Animals and men : their relationship as reflected in Western art from prehistory to the present day / Kenneth Clark., dated [1977], held by Wellcome Collection. Natural history, lore and legend : being some few examples of quaint and by-gone beliefs gathered in from divers authorities, ancient and mediaeval, of varying degrees of reliability / by F. Edward Hulme., dated 1895, held by Wellcome Collection. The zoological section of the Nuzhatu-l-qulūb of Ḥamdullāh al-Mustaufī al-Qazwīnī / edited, translated, and annotated by Lieut.-Colonel J. Stephenson., dated 1928, held by Wellcome Collection. Beastly natures : animals, humans, and the study of history / edited by Dorothee Brantz., dated 2010, held by Wellcome Collection. Catalogue of the library of the Zoological Society of London., dated 1872, held by Wellcome Collection.

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 224 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

1 scholarly publication naming this subject was located in the registry of record.

IN THE CIRCLE OF THE SOCIAL AND PEDAGOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF FOLK TRADITION AND CULTURE. THE CULT OF SAINT ROCH – A PATRON SAINT OF PLAGUE VICTIMS, Zeszyty Naukowe Wyższej Szkoły Humanitas w Sosnowcu. Pedagogika, 2019.

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 4 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

This article draws on 3 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 3 means 3 genuinely separate publishers of record. 10 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

It is recorded as the work of Peter Paul Rubens.

Materials recorded for it are oil paint, panel and canvas. Recorded constituent parts are Christ Appointing Saint Roch as Patron Saint of Plague Victims, Madonna and Child (St. Roch altarpiece), St. Roch fed by a dog (St. Roch altarpiece) and The death of Saint Roch (St. Roch altarpiece).

It is associated with Belgium. The record gives 1619 as its date of establishment or first appearance. Recorded genres are religious art. It forms part of list of masterpieces of Flanders.

It is recorded in the collection of St Martin's Church of Aalst.