The veronica (sudarium of Saint Veronica), representing the face of Christ. Etching, 17--, after C. Mellan, 1649.

  • Mellan, Claude, 1598-1688.
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The veronica (sudarium of Saint Veronica), representing the face of Christ. Etching, 17--, after C. Mellan, 1649. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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London (at the Black Horse in Cornhill) : John Bowles

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1 print : etching ; platemark 50.5 x 40.5 cm

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Formatur unicus una non alter. 17...1. The head of our Saviour crowned with thorns artificially represented by a single stroke of the graver which formed from a point on the tip of the nose, is continued waving round that point without ever crossing itself, or being crossed by any other line.

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Gabriele Finaldi, The image of Christ, London: National Gallery, 2000, pp. 92-93 (text by Alexander Sturgis)

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Wellcome Collection 32660i

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