The Veil of Saint Veronica

Nicolas de Plattemontagne

Artist, French, 1631 - 1706

Nicolas de Plattemontagne after Philippe de Champaigne

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 45.5 x 35.3 cm (17 15/16 x 13 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1998.34.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Robert-Dumesnil, no. 10, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Friedrich August II, King of Saxony [1797-1854], Dresden (Lugt 971); unidentified collector [stamp, Dr R in square, Lugt undescribed]; (Artemis, London); purchased 1998 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2000

  • Drawings and Prints from the Permanent Collection (Summer 2000), National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000.

Bibliography

1967

  • Robert-Dumesnil, A.P.F. Le peintre-graveur francais, ou catalogue raisonne des estampes gravees par les peintres et les dessinateurs de l'ecole francaise, ouvrage faisant suite au peintre-graveur de M. Bartsch. Reprint (11 vols. in 6). Paris: F. deNobe

1976

  • Dorival, Bernard. Philippe de Champaigne, 1602-1674: La vie, l'oeuvre, et le catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre. 2 vols. Paris, 1976: 2:142, no. 260.

Inscriptions

across bottom in plate: Dedi genas meas Vellentibus. / Faciem meam conspuentibus. Isaiae.50.v.6. / P. de Champaigne Pin. N. de Plate Montaigne Scul. Morin excu. comme Pri.; by later hands, bottom verso in graphite: R.-D. 10 / 62443b / raie / 961383 / (N. de Plate Montagne)

Wikidata ID

Q75406887

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