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Bequest of Miss Tessie Jones in memory of Herschel V. Jonesexpand_more 68.41.7
During the bubonic plague of 1348, over half the population of Florence perished. This tragedy created a need for new types of religious images, like this Standing Madonna, designed to bring spiritual relief to the survivors.
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