St. Charles Borromeo Distributing Communion to the Victims of the Plague in Milan

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Artist: Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre (French, Paris 1714–1789 Paris)
Date: ca. 1760
Medium: Pen and gray ink, brush and gray wash, heightened with white, over black chalk
Dimensions: 18 5/8 x 12 13/16 in. (47.3 x 32.6 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Purchase, David L. Klein Jr. Memorial Foundation Inc. Gift, 1983
Accession no.: 1983.29.1

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Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.