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In April 1624, van Dyck sailed from Genoa to Sicily. In the summer of that year Palermo was swept by the plague, and on 14 July in a cave on Monte Pellegrino, above the city, fragments of a skeleton were discovered which were identified as the remains of Saint Rosalie. She had lived as a recluse on Monte Pellegrino, where she had been guided by two angels, in the mid-twelfth century until her death in about 1160. The discovery of her remains at the height of the plague in July 1624 was seen as God’s intervention; they were translated to Palermo Cathedral and the saint’s protection was invoked by the hard-pressed population of the city.

English Heritage, The Wellington Collection, Apsley House

London

Title

Saint Rosalie Crowned with Roses by Two Angels

Date

1624

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 117.2 x W 88 cm

Accession number

WM.1651-1948

Acquisition method

management transferred from the Victoria and Albert Museum to English Heritage, 2004

Work type

Painting

English Heritage, The Wellington Collection, Apsley House

149 Piccadilly, Hyde Park Corner, London, Greater London W1J 7NT England

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Artist or maker

Anthony van Dyck

1599–1641

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