Escuela española (XVII) - The veil of Veronica

Oil on canvas, The Veil of Veronica.
17th Century or earlier.
Spanish school.

Measures 49 x 40cm.

Rentoiled and placed in a modern wooden frame with a metal finish.

With influences still from the Bizantine tradition of icon painting with the artificial flat face features such as the elongated eyebrowns coming togheter to a thin, long and angular nose or the almond shape eyes. The painting could be older

The Veil of Veronica is a Christian relic consisting of a piece of cloth said to bear an image of the Holy Face of Jesus. The story of the image's origin is related to the sixth Station of the Cross, wherein Saint Veronica, encountering Jesus along the Via Dolorosa to Calvary, wipes the blood and sweat from his face with her veil.

Condition:
Good condition, craquelure as expected. 2 Small restorations of coin size in irrelevant areas above the hair. Rentoiled in modern frame.

Professionally packed and shipped with upmost care. This increases the shipping cost slightly but it reassures that it arrives without damages.