If you were painting the face of Jesus in Rembrandt’s time — the 17th century — you had three sources to turn to: the Veil of Veronica, the Mandylion of Edessa and the Lentulus Letters.

Tracks the change in total value of sales, as well as the total number of lots offered and sold annually in the art market. This chart shows whether Florentine School, 17th Century’s total sales are ...

The Face of Christ on St. Veronica’s Veil is rendered in this 1735 French engraving. Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917/Metropolitan Museum of Art Seeing is believing ...

CHAMPAIGN — As she looked closely at French artist Claude Mellan’s 1649 print, “Veil of Veronica,” as an undergraduate art student at the University of Kansas in the early 2000s, Maureen ...

Vatican City, Apr 5, 2025 / 08:00 am. On Sunday, April 6, the fifth Sunday of Lent, St. Peter’s Basilica will display the revered “Veronica’s Veil,” a cloth that, according to tradition ...

A spokesman for St. Peter’s Basilica has said the ancient tradition of devotion to Veronica’s Veil and to the Holy Face of Jesus is a sign of hope and an invitation to return to the essentials ...

MANOPPELLO, Italy – Pope Benedict XVI on Friday prayed at a sanctuary in this village in central Italy that holds a veil some Christians believe was used to wipe blood and sweat from Jesus’ face on ...