People Overwhelmed by Disease

The Plague in Phrygien, known in Italian as Il Morbetto, illustrates the effects of Black Death on people who lived in cities.

This engraving is by Marcantonio Raimondi (c. 1480 - c. 1534), an Italian engraver who pioneered the use of prints to reproduce the work of famous artists.

Credits

Image, courtesy Wikimedia Commons.

Engraving (1515-16) by Marcantonio Raimondi.