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DÜRER, Albrecht: Small Passion: 22. The Sudarium of St Veronica

🖼 Small Passion: 22. The Sudarium of St Veronica, 1511
Woodcut
London, United Kingdom

Soft light illuminates Christ's face imprinted on cloth, rendered with delicate woodcut lines capturing profound suffering and divine grace. Dürer's Small Passion series popularized this miraculous relic narrative, transforming intimate religious devotion into accessible print for Northern European audiences.

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