The work represents the face of jesus christ with the crown of thorns that has its origin in the image that, according to tradition, was reflected in the cloth that a woman, veronica, brought to jesus on the way to calvary, and in which his sweaty and bleeding face remained. Object Type: painting. Date: circa 1634. Dimensions: height: 40 cm (15.7 in); width: 30 cm (11.8 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Museum of the Americas. Santa Faz, de Alonso López de Herrera (Museo de América, Madrid)
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