M0014016: Two statues of Saint Roch (Rocco)

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Saint Roch (16th August).

Two carved wooden statues of Saint Roch (Rocco) (c.1348-c.1379) pointing at a bubonic sore on his leg. The items were purchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, one in 1934 and the other at an unknown point, and were accessioned in 1937 (accession numbers R4756/1937 and R4811/1937) They are not held by Wellcome Collection.

June 1955

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12.5 x 10 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides entries for the item: acc. number R4756/1937 and R4811/1937 (images 196 and 208)

Copyright held by Wellcome Collection

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.