St Veronica's Handkerchief
after Gabriel Cornelius Max (Prague 1840 - Munich 1915)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
Unknown
Materials
paper, glass and wood
Measurements
298 mm (H)230 mm (W)
Order this imageCollection
Mount Stewart, County Down (Accredited Museum)
NT 1220079
Summary
Print, small coloured lithograph, Head of Christ on the handkerchief of St Veronica, after Gabriel Cornelius Max (Prague 1840 - Munich 1915). If you watch the eyes closely they will suddenly open; fourteen colours were used to get this remarkable effect. This picture is also known as 'St.Veronica's Handkerchief''. A copy of the celebrated painting by Gabriel Max, an Austrian b.1840. Framed
Provenance
On loan to the National Trust from Lady Mairi Bury (1921-2009) 1976, then purchased by the National Trust from the Estate of Lady Mairi Bury 2012.
Marks and inscriptions
J E S Ryde (signed on back top right)
Makers and roles
after Gabriel Cornelius Max (Prague 1840 - Munich 1915), artist