Naive Signed 1938 Oil on Linen Veronica's Veil Painting bronze frog and just a bit of

and just a bit of wear to the corners generally

and how much better to measure little things with one of these than with a clunky measuring tape

most initialed and dated 1969 or 70 on reverse

which just makes him all the more empathetic

Naive Signed 1938 Oil on Linen Veronica's Veil Painting bronze frog and just a bit ofI presume this painting, signed Peter Murray and dated 1938, was done after one famous image or another of Veronica's Veil, that most venerated of Christian relics. (According to medieval legend, the veil belonged to a woman who took pity on Christ as he toiled with his burden of the cross to Golgotha. She gave Christ her kerchief to wipe his brow, and when he returned the cloth, his image miraculously had been impressed upon it.) I of course love its