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Engraved scene of a crowded ancient street with robed figures collapsing and covering their faces, columned buildings behind, and bodies lying in the foreground.

The plague of the Philistines at Ashdod. Engraving by G. Tolosano after G. Courtois after N. Poussin.

An engraving of a crowded ancient city street where robed figures stagger, collapse, and cover their faces beside a large columned building. In the foreground, bodies lie on the ground while a seated figure clutches his head, with Latin inscription text along the lower margin.

Artist
Nicolas Poussin
Date
[between 1600 and 1699]
Medium
Intaglio prints
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 3303 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1699.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: La plaga de los filisteos en Asdod, según Poussin

Un grabado de una calle antigua abarrotada, donde figuras con túnicas tambalean, caen y se cubren el rostro junto a un gran edificio con columnas. En primer plano yacen cuerpos en el suelo, mientras un hombre sentado se lleva la cabeza a las manos; en el margen inferior hay un texto en latín.

Português: A praga dos filisteus em Asdode, após Poussin

Uma gravura de uma rua antiga lotada, onde figuras de mantos cambaleiam, caem e cobrem o rosto diante de um grande edifício com colunas. No primeiro plano, corpos jazem no chão enquanto um homem sentado leva a cabeça às mãos; na margem inferior há um texto em latim.

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