Saint Veronica
Object type: Tapestry
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: Netherlandish, probably Brussels
Artist: Bernard van Orley
Artist bio: Netherlandish, Brussels ca. 1492–1541/42 Brussels
Artist role: Designer
Artist nationality: Netherlandish
Date: ca. 1525
Medium: Wool, silk, gilded silver metal-wrapped threads (18-21 warps per inch, 7-8 per cm.)
Dimensions: Overall: 68 × 51 in. (172.7 × 129.5 cm)
Classification: Textiles-Tapestries
Credit line: Bequest of George Blumenthal, 1941
Accession year: 1941
Tags: Birds|Saints|Christ|Women|Sheep