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St. Veronica
| Materials and Techniques | oil on panel |
|---|---|
| Size（cm） | 41 x 28 |
| Credit Line | Purchased |
| Category | Paintings |
| Collection Number | P.1971-0003 |
St. Veronica is shown displaying a linen cloth on which, according to legend, the face of Christ was miraculously imprinted when she wiped his face on the way to Calvary. The painter is unknown, but seems to have been an artist of Domenico Ghirlandaio's school active in 15th century Florence. The subject of Veronica was rather rare in Italy, and the influence of Northern painting has been pointed out in this panel. (Source: The Digital Gallery. 1999-2006)
Provenance
Comte Demandolx-Dedons, Marseille; Comte P..., Paris; Owned jointly in 1967 by Thomas Agnew and Sons, London, and Frederick Mont, New York; Purchased by the NMWA, 1972.
Exhibition History
- 1952
- Cent tableaux d'art religieux du XIVe siècle à nos jours, Galerie Charpentier, Paris, 0 December 1952 - 0 March 1953, cat. no. 40, repr. (attributed to Provence school)
- 1999
- Florence and Venice: Italian Renaissance Paintings and Sculpture from the State Hermitage Museum, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 20 March 1999 - 20 June 1999, cat. no. 10
- 1999
- Rhetorik der Leidenschaft - Zur Bildsprache der Kunst in Abendland: Meisterwerke aus der Graphische Sammlung Albertina und aus der Porträtsammlung der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek (The Body in Memory: Warburg's Treasury of Images), National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 6 July 1999 - 29 August 1999, cat. no. 4
Bibliography
- 1942
- Gillet, Louis. Les primitifs français. Marseille, 1942, pl. 31 (attributed to French school).
- 1950
- Duchel, Roger. L'art sacré. Art et Style. vol. 26, 1950, p. 4, repr (attributed to Provence school).
- 1968
- Fahy, Everett. Some Followers of Domenico Ghirlandajo. Cambridge (Mass.), Harvard University, 1968, Dessertation, p. 221 (attributed to Pietro del Donzello).
- 1973
- Bulletin Annuel du Musée National d’Art Occidental. No.6 (1971), 1973, Nouvelles acquisitions, par Chisaburoh F. Yamada, pp. 3-5. Nouvelles acquisitions (catalogue). pp.8-9, repr. (as a work of the Provence School).
- 1973
- Gazette des Beaux-Arts. ser. 6, tome 81, Feb. 1973, "Chronique des Arts", p. 233, no. 841, repr.
- 1975
- Les cent chefs-d'œuvre du Musée National d'Art Occidental. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1975 (Japanese), no. 10, repr.
- 1978
- Masterpieces of the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1978 (Japanese, preface in Japanese and English), no. 9, repr.
- 1979
- The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo: Catalogue of paintings. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1979, no. 141, repr.