The Veil of Veronica

The Veil of Veronica

Title

The Veil of Veronica

[cda 2022]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[cda 2022]

Painting on spruce

[typed beneath a b/w image, Koepplin Archive]

The image's origin is associated with the sixth station of the cross, when St Veronica encounters Christ on the road to Calvary and wipes the blood and sweat from his face with her veil. This panel shows her veil with a representation of Christ’s head, crowned with thorns and radiating

The image's origin is associated with the sixth station of the cross, when St Veronica encounters Christ on the road to Calvary and wipes the blood and sweat from his face with her veil. This panel shows her veil with a representation of Christ’s head, crowned with thorns and radiating lines in shell gold to simulate a halo.

[cda 2022]

Attributions
Master IW
Lucas Cranach the Younger

Attributions

Master IW

[cda 2023]

Lucas Cranach the Younger

[typed beneath a b/w image, Koepplin Archive]

unknown

[cda 2022]

Production date
after 1530 (?)

Production date

after 1530 (?)

[cda 2023]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 29 x 22.5 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 29 x 22.5 cm

  • [typed beneath a b/w image, Koepplin Archive]

Signature / Dating

none

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P557
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P557/

Provenance

  • Marks-Thomeé collection
    [cda 2022]
  • The Veil of Veronica, after 1530 (?)

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