ANONYME du XVIIe siècle Master of the Emerald Icons, (Suite de). Profile portrait of Jesus of Nazareth. Oil on canvas mounted on panel. Legendé dans la partie inférieure en lettres capitales: This similitude of our Chris Jesus was found in amarat and sent from the great turk to pope Inosent the VIIITH to redeem his brother that was taken prisoner by the romans. On the reverse of the canvas a typescript: Writen at the back of painting. John Harvey Mrs Harvey. Ickwell Bury. The Head of our lord. This portrait is reputed to be one of those derived from the original emerald portrait traditionally said to have been executed for the roman emperor Tiberias from the actual visage of our lord and given to archbishop laud primate by his sacred majesty King Charles I. 33 x 28 cm. Small gaps and minor wear; accident at bottom right. Provenance : Phillips sale, London, December 14, 1984, no. 179. Analogy: Utrecht, Museum of the Convent of St. Catherine, Diptych with the Letter of Lentulus (c. 1500). The profile of Jesus of Nazareth is based on an apocryphal letter to the Roman Senate attributed to Publius Lentulus (27 BC - 14 AD), consul of Judea before Pontius Pilate during the reign of Emperor Augustus.