Title: | Veil of St Veronica |
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Notes: | El Greco reproduces illusionistically the cloth with which Veronica wiped Christ's face on the way to Calvary. |
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Date: | 1580-1582 |
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Artist: | Greco, 1541?-1614 |
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Building: | Private collection
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Object/Function: | Painting |
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Scripture: | Psalm 27:1, 4-9
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Person as Subject: | Jesus Christ (Biblical figure)
Veronica (extra-biblical figure)
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Lectionary links: | AEpip03
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General Subject: | Veronicas Veil
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Copyright Source: | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:El_Greco_-_The_Veil_of_St_Veronica_-_WGA10461.jpg |
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Copyright Permission: | Please visit the URL in the Copyright Source field on this page for details about reusing this image. |
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Attribution: | Greco, 1541?-1614. Veil of St Veronica, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=56288 [retrieved April 27, 2024]. Original source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:El_Greco_-_The_Veil_of_St_Veronica_-_WGA10461.jpg. |
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Record Number: | 56288
Last Updated: 2020-12-18 19:33:50
Record Created: 2017-07-19 14:00:41 |
Institution: | Vanderbilt University
Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition |