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The Veil of Saint Veronica
The legendary portrait of Christ counts as an image “not fashioned by human hand”, the miraculous imprint on a piece of cloth created by direct contact with the holy body. Western Christendom identified the “true” portrait as the image of Jesus’ countenance imprinted on a veil that the legendary figure known as Veronica used to wipe sweat and blood from his brow on the way to Golgotha. The suppose…
Creator
Type of item
- Visual arts
- paintings (visual works)
- http://udcdata.info/065280
- Visual Works (hierarchy name)
Creator
Type of item
- Visual arts
- paintings (visual works)
- http://udcdata.info/065280
- Visual Works (hierarchy name)
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Nationalmuseum, Sweden
Creation date
- 1938/1942
- 1938/1942
Provenance
- Purchase 1957
Identifier
- NM 5382
- 22432
Extent
- Mått 70 x 51,5 cm
Format
- Oil on canvas
- Oil painting
Providing country
- Sweden
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2017-01-11T14:09:30.720Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2017-01-11T14:27:03.227Z