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Object Type
Museum number: 1851,1213.449
Description: The Holy Face, or the Veil of St Veronica. 1649 Engraving
Producer name
School/style
Production date: 1649
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 429 millimetres; Width: 317 millimetres
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Curator's comments: This print reveals Mellan's technical brilliancy, the entire image made from one continuous line (of varied width).
Bibliographic references: IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes (21.II); Montaiglon 1856 / Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre de Claude Mellan (25)
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: 2017-18 Sept-Jan, BM, G90, The Business of Prints
Subjects
Associated names: Representation of: Jesus Christ; Associated with: St Veronica
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1851
Acquisition notes: Annotated in brown ink on verso: '[barely legible] Chez Naudet M[archand] destampes au Louvre/1806'; annotation in black ink, by Hugh Welch Diamond: '(fine original)'.
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1851,1213.449

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