It is by His Wounds that We are Healed, from Miserere
, 1922-27
31.3 x 25.7 in (h x w)
Aquatint
Rouault’s face of Christ impressed on cloth belongs to a rich history of religious iconography: Saint Veronica, in wiping Christ’s face with her veil, made a permanent, miraculous image often considered the “earliest” print. Rouault’s work can thus be understood as a self-conscious “meta-image”: an impression of an impression. (BR)