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Plague in the House (16th Century)

The image below depicts a woman dying of the plague. She is surrounded by human and animal corpses, and her attendants have no better protection than handkerchiefs pressed to their faces. Woodcut by an unknown German artist, 16th century.

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Plague in the House (16th Century)

© Bildarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz / Jörg P. Anders