{"id":8574,"date":"2014-10-28T12:27:37","date_gmt":"2014-10-28T11:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/?p=8574"},"modified":"2020-11-25T14:35:32","modified_gmt":"2020-11-25T13:35:32","slug":"sir-anthony-van-dyck-to-illustrate-uns-statement-about-travellers-from-ebola-affected-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/10\/28\/sir-anthony-van-dyck-to-illustrate-uns-statement-about-travellers-from-ebola-affected-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"Sir Anthony Van Dyck to illustrate UN&#8217; statement about travellers from Ebola-affected countries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-8574 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/10\/28\/sir-anthony-van-dyck-to-illustrate-uns-statement-about-travellers-from-ebola-affected-countries\/dt2728\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"111\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/DT2728-355x480.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-8576\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-8576'>\n\t\t\t\tAnthony van Dyck, Saint Rosalie Interceding for the Plague-stricken of Palermo, 1624; oil on canvas, 99.7 x 73.7 cm. Courtesy of Metropolitan Museum, New York.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This panting by Anthony Van Dyck, now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum in New York, was&nbsp;the first image that came to our mind when we read what Ban Ki-moon, the UN Secretary General, said in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/sg\/statements\/index.asp?nid=8134\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">statement released by the UN<\/a>&nbsp;with regards to the restrictions applied to travelers from Ebola-affected countries. \u201cReturning health workers \u2013 claimed Ban \u2013 are exceptional people who are giving of themselves for humanity. They should not be subjected to restrictions that are not based on science. Those who develop infections should be supported, not stigmatized. \u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In this statement, dated 27<span style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 0px;\">&nbsp;<\/span>October, the Secretary-General also claims that \u201cthe best way for any country to protect itself from Ebola is to stop the outbreak at its source in West Africa. This requires considerable international health care worker support and in return for this support, we have an obligation to look after them\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In 1624, when Van Dyck painted <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/collection\/the-collection-online\/search\/436257?rpp=30&amp;pg=1&amp;ft=plague&amp;pos=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cSaint Rosalie Interceding for the Plague-stricken of Palermo\u201d<\/a>, the Flemish painter was in Palermo, Sicily. At that time a plague broke out and the city was quarantined. On 15 July 1624, the remains of Saint Rosalie \u2014 the city\u2019s patroness \u2014 were opportunely discovered on Mount Pellegrino, which is visible on the background above the harbor of Palermo. It is said that Rosalia appeared to a sick woman, and then to a hunter, to whom she indicated where her remains were to be found. Thanks to the virtual presence of the Saint \u2013 her bones where taken in a procession across the city &#8211; the population of Palermo was saved from the plague. Apparently no&nbsp;restriction was applied to that hunter either.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; This panting by Anthony Van Dyck, now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum in New York, was&nbsp;the first image that came to our mind when we read what [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8578,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2385],"tags":[1734],"class_list":["post-8574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-art-history","tag-anthony-van-dick"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}