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Holy Face. Gerard David (Netherlandish, Oudewater ca. 1455–1523 Bruges) Globus Cruciger, Gerard David, St Veronica, Salvator Mundi, Archangel Gabriel, Master Drawing, Book Of Hours, Religious Images, Classic Image

This tiny manuscript illumination, a sympathetic portrait of Christ, belongs to the tradition of religious images known as acheiropoita, images believed to have been created miraculously. It is one of a group of representations of the head of Christ, called the Holy Face, that have their roots in Byzantine legend and in the legend of Saint Veronica

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