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File:Mellan Sudarium of Saint Veronica.jpg

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Claude Mellan: English: Veil of Veronica   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Claude Mellan  (1598–1688)  wikidata:Q1274026
 
Claude Mellan
Alternative names
Mellen; Mellan; Melan; C. Mellan
Description French painter, engraver, drawer, graphic artist, copper engraver and visual artist
Date of birth/death 23 May 1598 Edit this at Wikidata 9 September 1688 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Abbeville Paris
Work location
Rome (1624–1636); Paris (1636–1688) Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q1274026
Title
English: Veil of Veronica
Description
English: The engraving consists of a single spiralling line of varying thickness, starting at the nose. The wavy pattern above and below the head does not exist in the original and is an artifact of the pixelated reproduction.
Date 1649
date QS:P571,+1649-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium engraving and etching
Dimensions height: 42.8 cm (16.8 in); width: 32 cm (12.5 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,42.8U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,32U174728
Source/Photographer Downloaded from the New York Public Library [1].
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current21:25, 21 May 2006Thumbnail for version as of 21:25, 21 May 2006650 × 884 (104 KB)AxelBoldt''The Sudarium of Saint Veronica'' (1649), engraving and etching by Claude Mellan. The image is a single spiral starting at the nose. Downloaded from the New York Public Library [http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/spe/art/print/sampler/mellan.html]

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