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image of Saint Veronica
Hans Memling
Netherlandish, active c. 1465 - 1494
Saint Veronica, obverse, c. 1470/1475
oil on panel, painted surface: 30.3 x 22.8 cm (11 15/16 x 9 in.)
panel: 31.2 x 24.4 cm (12 1/4 x 9 3/4 in.)
Samuel H. Kress Collection
1952.5.46.a
From the Tour: Netherlandish Painting in the 1400s
Object 8 of 9


Literature

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