Saint Veronica, ca. 1460 – 1467

Blatt: 167 x 114 mm
Platte: 160 x 110 mm

Physical Description: Engraving, drypoint

Inventory Number: 33621

Object Number: 33621 D

Acquisition: Acquired in 1849

Status: Can be presented in the study room of the Graphische Sammlung (special opening hours)

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About the Work

As it was described in the Legenda aurea, the face of Jesus Christ had impressed itself on the veil of Veronica as a “true image”. Anyone who looked at the relic in Rome—or pictorial depictions of it such as this one—not only saw Christ’s face but was also seen by him. The Master E.S. created this direct reciprocity by portraying Christ with a piercing gaze, detached from the cloth. The Son of God almost seems to leave the world of imagery and enter the believers’ reality.

Work Data

Basic Information

Title: Saint Veronica

Artist

Master E. S.

Period Produced

15th century

Object Type

art print

Physical Description: Engraving, drypoint

Material

Vergé paper

Technique

Geographic Reference

German

Label at the Time of Manufacture: Nicht bezeichnet

Captions Added Later: Verso bezeichnet (mit Bleistift): Voyez Bartsch P. Grav. Tom 6 Pag. 49 sous les pièces citées par Heinecke pag 396. Maître de l’an 1466 non mentioné de Bartsch provenant de la Collection du Conte d’Enzeberg à Innsbruck. et passé depuis dans la Collection distingué de Mons. le Professeur Jos. D. Böhm à Vienne
Verso Stempel der Sammlung Joseph Daniel Böhm, Wien (Lugt 272)
Verso Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

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