DAVID, Jacques-Louis: St Roch Asking the Virgin Mary to Heal Victims of the Plague
Celestial light bathes Saint Roch as he kneels before the Virgin, gesturing urgently toward plague-stricken bodies below in dramatic chiaroscuro. David's neoclassical composition transforms religious devotion into urgent humanitarian plea, merging divine intervention with Enlightenment concern for human suffering and social responsibility.
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