The Sudarium of Saint Veronica is an engraving made by the French artist Claude Mellan in 1649 CE, created from a single spiralling unbroken line that starts at the tip of Jesus’s nose. Claude Mellan’s tour de force is one of the great achievements of printmaking [1966×1438]
by Joyful_Breezes
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It looks like a gentle, general contour drawing in an amazing single line that is then shaded,carved again for values…… fucking incredible