Wellcome Collection
A plague cross with the image of the Virgin of the Ursulines at Lace, surrounded by St. Francis, St. Roch, St. John Nepomuk, St. Ignatius, St. Francis Xavier, St. Florian, St. Sebastian, St. Anthony of Padua and the Trinity. Etching.
Unknown artist
Lettering: S. Franciscus. S. Rochus. S. Ioannes Nep. S. Ignatius Loy. S. Franciscus Xav. S. Florianus. S. Sebastianus. S. Antonius. Contra maleficia contra ignem pestem et tempestatem. Das Wunderthetige gnaden Bild bei den Ursuli. Landh. The cross is inscribed with abbreviations. "Landh" may refer to Landshut, where from 1680 the Ursuline convent preserved a copy of a Roman painting of the Virgin with her head inclined.
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