The Veil of St. Veronica (or Head of John the Baptist on a Plate), plate 4 from "Raccolta di Alcuni Disegni del Barberi da Cento detto il Guernico, incisi in Rame, e presentati al singolar merito del Sig. Tommaso Jenkins pittore, ed accademico di S. Luca, in atto di respetto e d'amicizia dall'architetto e suo coaccademio: Gio. Battista Piranesi" (Collection of several drawings after Barbieri da Cento (known as Guercino) etched on copper and presented to Thomas Jenkins, painter and member of the Academy of St. Luke, out of respect and friendship from his fellow member, the architect Gio. Battista Piranesi)
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: Raccolta di Alcuni Disegni del Barberi da Cento detto il Guernico, incisi in Rame, e presentati al singolar merito del Sig. Tommaso Jenkins pittore, ed accademico di S. Luca, in atto di respetto e d'amicizia dall'architetto e suo coaccademio: Gio. Battista Piranesi (Collection of several drawings after Barbieri da Cento (known as Guercino) etched on copper and presented to Thomas Jenkins, painter and member of the Academy of St. Luke, out of respect and friendship from his fellow member, the architect Gio. Battista Piranesi)
Artist: Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri)|James Nevay|Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Artist bio: Italian, Cento 1591–1666 Bologna|British, Edinburgh, Scotland, ca. 1730–after 1811 Rome|Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720–1778 Rome
Artist role: Artist|Artist|Publisher
Artist nationality: Italian|British, Scottish|Italian
Date: 1764
Medium: Etching with brown and black ink
Dimensions: Sheet: 21 5/8 x 15 9/16 in. (55 x 39.5 cm)
Plate: 8 7/16 x 7 1/16 in. (21.5 x 18 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Rogers Fund, transferred from the Library
Accession year: 1941