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Saint Veronica

Bernard van Orley

Title	Saint Veronica
Artist	Bernard van Orley
Date	ca. 1525 16th century
Medium	Wool, silk, gilded silver metal-wrapped threads (18-21 warps per inch, 7-8 per cm.)
Classification	Textiles-Tapestries
Holding institution	The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Credit line	Bequest of George Blumenthal, 1941
Rights	Public domain (CC0). Free to use for any purpose.

Subjects: Ornithological plates

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