Holy Face of Jesus (El Greco)

Holy Face of Jesus (or The Veil of Veronica) is a 1586-1595 painting by El Greco of the Holy Face of Jesus on a veil. It is now in the Museo del Prado, which acquired it in 1944 using funds from a legacy from the conde de Cartagena.[1]

Holy Face of Jesus

Artist	El Greco
Year	1586-1595
Medium	oil on canvas
Dimensions	71 cm × 54 cm (28 in × 21 in)
Location	Prado, Madrid

A popular iconographic motif in the Middle Ages, it stems from the story of the woman who offered her veil to Jesus on his way to Calvary in order for Him to wipe His brow, after which His face was imprinted on the material. However the event is not recorded in the Bible and the name Veronica may have developed by wordplay and personification from vera icona (true icon) and by association with the quite separate account of the Veronica who was healed by touching Christ's robe.

References

"The Veil of Veronica". Prado Museum. Retrieved 24 July 2020.

Bibliography (in Spanish)

ÁLVAREZ LOPERA, José, El Greco, Madrid, Arlanza, 2005, Biblioteca «Descubrir el Arte», (colección «Grandes maestros»). ISBN 84-95503-44-1.
SCHOLZ-HÄNSEL, Michael, El Greco, Colonia, Taschen, 2003. ISBN 978-3-8228-3173-1.

El Greco
List of works Artistic overview Posthumous fame
Paintings	The Adoration of the Magi (c.1565–1567) The Dormition of the Virgin (1565–66) Christ Healing the Blind Dresden 1567 Parma c.1573 Modena Triptych (1567–1569) Last Supper (1568) Flight into Egypt (1570) Annunciation Prado 1570) Madrid 1575–1576 Illescas 1600–1605 Purification of the Temple Washington 1570 Minneapolis 1570 Frick 1595–1600 London 1600 Madrid 1609 The Fable (1570–1575) The Entombment of Christ (1570–1576) El Soplón (1571–1572) Pietà (1571–1576) Penitent Magdalene (1576–1578) Saint Sebastian (1576–1579) Santo Domingo el Antiguo Altarpiece (1577) Saint Lawrence's Vision of the Madonna and Child (1577) Adoration of the Holy Name of Jesus (1577–1579) The Disrobing of Christ (El Expolio) (1577–1579) Saint Anthony of Padua (1580) Christ Carrying the Cross New York c.1580 Barcelona 1590–1595 Madrid 1597-1600 The Martyrdom of Saint Maurice (1580–1582) The Tears of Saint Peter Barnard Castle 1580–1589 Mexico City 1587–1596 Oslo c.1590 The Burial of the Count of Orgaz (1586) Holy Family (1586–1588) Holy Face of Jesus (1586–1595) Saint Peter and Saint Paul (1587–1592) Agony in the Garden (London) (1590) Christ on the Cross Adored by Two Donors (c.1590) Virgin Mary aka Mater Dolorosa (c.1594–1604) Holy Family (c.1595) Doña María de Aragón Altarpiece (1596–1599) View of Toledo (1596–1600) Saint Martin and the Beggar (1597–1599) Allegory of the Camaldolese Order (c.1597) Agony in the Garden (Andújar) (1597–1607) Saint John the Baptist (1597–1607) Saint John the Evangelist and Saint Francis (c.1600) Nativity (1603–1605) Marriage of the Virgin (1603–1607) Saint Peter (1608) View and Plan of Toledo (1608) Concert of Angels (1608) Saint Thomas the Apostle (1608–1614) Opening of the Fifth Seal (1608–1614) Saint Jerome (1609) Saint Ildefonsus (1609) Saint Luke (1610–1614) Laocoön (1610–1614) Saint Paul (1610–1614) Saint Sebastian (1610–1614) The Adoration of the Shepherds (1612–1614) Julián Romero and Saint Julian (1612–1614)
Portraits	Portrait of Vincenzo Anastagi (1571–1576) The Nobleman with his Hand on his Chest (c.1580) Portrait of a Doctor (1582–1585) Portrait of a Gentleman {c.1586) Portrait of an Elderly Man (1587–1600) Portrait of Antonio de Covarrubias (1595–1600) Self-Portrait (1595–1600) Portrait of a Young Nobleman (1600–1605) Cardinal Fernando Niño de Guevara (c.1600) Portrait of an Unknown Gentleman (1603–1607) Portrait of Fray Hortensio Félix Paravacino (1609) Portrait of Juan Pardo de Tavera (1609) Portrait of Jerónimo de Cevallos (1609–1613) Portrait of Francisco de Pisa (1610–1614)
Museums	El Greco Museum, Toledo Museum of El Greco, Crete
Related	Jorge Manuel Theotocópuli (son) El Greco (1966 film) El Greco (2007 film) El Greco fallacy

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