"If you watch the eyes closely, they will suddenly open!"



A Little about this painting.
This is a copy of the original Painting.
This copy was sold in or about 1939.

At the bottom of the original painting
in the front below is this inscription:
"If you watch the eyes closely, they will suddenly open!"

The Artist used 14 colors to get this remarkable effect.

This picture is also known as;
"St. Veronica’s Handkerchief".

The artist's name is Gabriel Max, who is to this day
celebrated by many for his works.

Mr. Gabriel Max, was an Austrian, who was born in 1840.

The original painting is valued at $25,000.00
and is in a private collection in Prague, Austria.

Mr. Gabriel Max's best known work in America is Entitled
"The Last Token"
and currently hangs in the
"Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York"

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