St. Veronica holding 'Sudarium' (veil with image of Christ). Weyden, Rogier van der (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (designed after) [painter] c. 1520-1525 Tapestry Dimensions: H 5'8" x W 4'3" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp, 18-21/in.; 7-8/cm); silk; metallic thread (silver); metallic thread (silver-gilt) Culture: Southern Netherlands Ownership History: Offered from René Gimpel to Joseph Widener, 6/12/1918; sold by Gimpel to Mrs. George Blumenthal, 4/8/1919; museum bequest in 1941. United States, New York, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accno.
St. Veronica holding 'Sudarium' (veil with image of Christ). Weyden, Rogier van der (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (designed after) [painter] c. 1520-1525 Tapestry Dimensions: H 5'8" x W 4'3" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp, 18-21/in.; 7-8/cm); silk; metallic thread (silver); metallic thread (silver-gilt) Culture: Southern Netherlands Ownership History: Offered from René Gimpel to Joseph Widener, 6/12/1918; sold by Gimpel to Mrs. George Blumenthal, 4/8/1919; museum bequest in 1941. United States, New York, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accno. Inscriptions: Inscription in central field at bottom of veil: FORNECA [=Fronica?, refers to Veronica='Vera Icon'] St. Veronica holding up 'Vera Icon' with Christ wearing crown of thorns; figure with scythe in landscape, as well as 2 figures travelling (?) in background garlands of flowers; (L & R BRD) birds perched in center Possibly woven in Brussels (Campbell). Standen, Tapestries in the Metropolitan (1985), I:74-78, Related Works: This style of St. Veronica holding the veil to the side is based on Rogier van der Weyden's figure on the left wing of Crucifixion triptych at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, dated (Dimitrova).
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