Follower of Frans Francken, The Elder

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Description

Frans Francken, The Elder
Saint Veronica holding out her veil to Christ on the road to Calvary
oil on panel

Catalogue Note

A 17th century copy after Frans Francken the Elder's original composition in the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden (see U. Härting, Frans Francken der Jüngere, Freren 1989, p. 20, reproduced plate 16). Another version by Frans Francken the Younger is also listed by Härting with Kunsthandel Meissner, Zurich (see ibid, p. 286, cat. no. 203, reproduced plate 203).