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Martin Schongauer

The Passion: Christ Bearing the Cross

c. 1480
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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

Veronica's veil, or the sudarium , retained an imprint of Christ's face and was believed in the late Middle Ages to have the power to self-replicate each time it came into contact with other clothes.

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