St. Veronica with the Sudarium c. 1505 Hans Burgkmair German, 1473-1531 and Unidentified colorist Woodcut with transparent washes, applied through stencils British Museum, London A colorist painted this impression of the woodcut using three different stencils, one for the application of each color. The stencils were crudely cut and the paints hastily applied, suggesting that a large number of copies were colored and then cheaply sold. Why were so many of these images made? See how stencils were created and used to color the print.