M0001501: Reproduction of a framed oil painting depicting a dying man securing last sacrement, also described as "the devil at a deathbed" by an unknown 17th century Spanish painter

Reproduction of a framed oil painting depicting a dying man securing last sacrement, also described as "the devil at a deathbed by an unknown Spanish painter, 17th century" on the index card used to accession Wellcome's visual collections in the 20th century (CC 5046). The glass plate is listed as one of the negatives taken abroad for Captain Saint in the "M" series glass plate negative register: M0000731-M0004950, and states that the original painting was purchased from Ballestra, Barcelona but it is unclear whether it is still held by Wellcome Collection.

01 January 1931

1 photograph glass plate negative; 13 x 18 cm

Wellcome holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item (acc. number CC 5046 image 43)

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 2020.

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