A wool, silk and gilded silver metal-wrapped thread tapestry titled "Saint Veronica," by Bernard van Orley, ca. 1525. Veronica, by legend a woman of Jerusalem who wiped the face of Christ on the road to Calvary and found his image imprinted on the cloth, is shown holding that veil. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, European Sculpture and Decorative Arts department, under accession 41.190.80.
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MediumTapestry, Bernard van Orley, ca. 1525, Metropolitan Museum of Art 41.190.80 1 Medium (class) Connections
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Source Saint Veronica, accession 41.190.80 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
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The Met's own title for this tapestry names the subject outright, "Saint Veronica," corroborated by the record's own Christ subject tag, a direct identification rather than a bare thematic tag.
Source Saint Veronica, accession 41.190.80 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
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1. Saint Veronica, accession 41.190.80 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Metropolitan Museum of Art- accession 41.190.80
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A wool, silk and gilded silver metal-wrapped thread tapestry titled "Saint Veronica," by Bernard van Orley, ca.
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