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MEMLING, Hans: St John and Veronica Diptych (right wing)

🖼 St John and Veronica Diptych (right wing), c. 1483
Oil on wood
31.2 × 24.4 cm
Washington, United States

Veronica holds Christ's imprinted shroud with serene reverence, rendered in meticulous Flemish detail against gilded background. This intimate devotional panel exemplifies 15th-century spiritual imagery, combining theological symbolism with humanistic portraiture to inspire private contemplation.

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E. H. Gombrich
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