# St Veronica Holding the Veil [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [GRECO, El]() - Date: 1551-1600 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 84 x 91 cm ## Commentary St Veronica Holding the Veil c. 1580 Oil on canvas, 84 x 91 cm Museo de Santa Cruz, Toledo El Greco treated the theme of the veil of Veronica several times. This version is one of El Greco's important paintings of the period. The artist used the same model as for one of the Marys in the <A onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/g/greco\_el/04/0402grec.html'\)" HREF="/html/g/greco\_el/04/0402grec.html">Disrobing</A> \(El Espolio\), but the degree of naturalism varies considerably in these two contemporary renderings. ## Related artworks - [A Boy Blowing on an Ember to Light a Candle \(Soplón\)]() - [A Lady in a Fur Wrap]() - [A Prelate]() - [A View of Toledo \(detail\)]() - [A View of Toledo]() - [Adoration of the Shepherds \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Shepherds]() - [Adoration of the Shepherds]() - [Allegory of the Camaldolese Order]() - [Altarpiece]() - [An Allegory with a Boy Lighting a Candle in the Company of an Ape and a Fool \(Fábula\)]() - [An Allegory with a Boy Lighting a Candle in the Company of an Ape and a Fool \(Fábula\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()