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Rogier van der Weyden 1399/1400 – 1464

Veronica

oil on panel (101 × 35 cm) — ca. 1445

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

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Artist: Rogier van der Weyden

Rogier van der Weyden 1399/1400 - 1464 South-Netherlandish painter, chronologically halfway up the list of mediaeval West-European innovators, ranking between Jan van Eyck and Hugo van der Goes, known as the Flemish primitives. Rogier van der Weyden was bo

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Right wing of the Crucifixion Triptych. It shows Veronica with the towel she has used to wipe the perspiration of Christ's face, when he was on his way to be crucified. Legend has it that an imprint of his face remained on the towel. The name Veronica may be derived from the Latin phrase 'vera icon', true image.