A cross with the image of the Virgin of the Ursulines at Landshut, surrounded by saints, used to protect against witchcraft, fire, plague and storms. Etching.

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11166i
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The saints depicted are Saint Francis, Saint Roch, Saint John Nepomuk, Saint Ignatius, Saint Francis Xavier, Saint Florian, Saint Sebastian, Saint Anthony of Padua, as well as the Trinity

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1 print : etching ; image 14.2 x 11.6 cm

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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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Wellcome Collection 11166i

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