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.

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, was used to wipe the face of Jesus on ...

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 German School, 19th Century’s total sales are going ...

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 ...

A New York tabloid journalist says she put six years research into a new novel that may ignite controversy like The DaVinci Code.

Pope Benedict XVI made a private visit, today, to the popularly venerated Veil of Veronica.  Veronica’s Veil is, according to tradition, a cloth used to wipe the sweat and blood from the ...

Claude Mellan’s ‘Veil of Veronica,’ on display through May 15 at Krannert Art Museum in Champaign, was made as a single line spiraling out from Christ’s nose. Anthony Zilis/The News-Gazette ...

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 ...

Herb Jackson (b. 1945) is an American abstract painter born in Raleigh, North Carolina in 1945. Jackson studied at Davidson College in North Carolina, Philips Universitat in Marburg, West Germany, and ...

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 ...