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Domenico Fetti (artist) Italian, 1589 - 1623 The Veil of Veronica, c. 1618/1622 oil on panel overall (original panel): 80.6 x 66.3 cm (31 3/4 x 26 1/8 in.) overall (with non-original wood strips): 82.5 x 68 cm (32 1/2 x 26 3/4 in.) framed: 100.7 x 86.4 cm (39 5/8 x 34 in.) Samuel H. Kress Collection 1952.5.7 On View |
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Conservation Notes
The support is a two-member panel, probably poplar,[1] with a vertical join just left of center. The ground is a smooth white layer under a warm, pale red imprimatura that shows through in thinly painted areas. The paint was applied thinly and opaquely, often with a small feathered brushstroke. A larger brush was used for the drapery folds, but without creating impasto. Wood strips on all four sides were added in 1944 when the panel was marouflaged and cradled. The paint surface is abraded, especially in the shadows of the face and hair. Areas of discolored inpainting are visible here as well as in the shadows of the cloth folds and along the panel join. The varnish is discolored and the otherwise thick varnish is much thinner in the whites and flesh tones.
[1] Wood analysis was not carried out because the panel
itself is completely hidden behind edge strips and a wooden
backing attached prior to cradling. The apperance of the
grain in x-radiographs, however, suggests an even-grained
hardwook, possible poplar (populus sp.) or walnut (juglans
regia).
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