Also Yardstick, Rafael is one of those painters who did get better with age. In post number 1, there are two self portraits painted by Rafael. The first when he was in his early twenties, much closer to the age when he may have done the Veil, and the second a couple of years before his death in his mid thirties. The earlier one shows little attention to anatomically correct detail. . . and has a flat aspect. The later painting is far better and much more photographic in nature. . . the sign of a mature journeyman artist who had learned his craft.
An experimental photographer from Australia named Vincenzo Giovanni Ruello processed the Vatican Veronica Veil in 2011 revealing the second shroud, it can be seen here
http://gloria.tv/media/1cbGFGbq6Je
Unfortunately for Badde and Pfeiffer who released their book this recent discovery has totally debunked their theory of a frumpy cartoon character being the Veronica Veil. Whats striking about the video by Ruello is the cross of blood and the battered and tortured face of Christ