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Memento Mori: Sickness and Death in European Art
Stained Glass Panel with Saint Roch, the van Merle Family Arms and a Donor
Gallery 306 · 16th century · Met web page
A stained glass panel from 16th-century Cologne showing Saint Roch, the plague saint, with a donor figure. Saint Roch was invoked for protection against plague and other diseases.
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Stay in gallery 306. The stained glass panel is displayed nearby, continuing the exploration of how people used religious imagery to process grief and fear of disease.