Old Master Paintings
Old Master Paintings
The Property of the Downside Abbey General Trust
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September 23, 01:05 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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The Property of the Downside Abbey General Trust
MANNER OF PEDRO DE CÓRDOBA
THE VEIL OF VERONICA: THE HEAD OF CHRIST
bears signature lower centre: Pedro de cordua
oil on panel
unframed: 36.2 x 28 cm.; 14¼ x 11 in.
framed: 52.8 x 44.2 cm.; 20¾ x 17⅜ in.
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Fort Augustus Abbey, Inverness-shire, Scotland.
Some parts of this painting appear to be genuinely 16th century in date, though the majority of the work has been repainted, most probably in the 19th century.
Pedro de Córdoba was working in Córdoba, Spain in around 1500. An Annunciation and a Nativity in the cathedral there, are both signed and dated 1475.1
1 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pedro_de_Cordoba_(painter)_-_Annunciation_-_WGA05232.jpg