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Veronica holding her veil, Hans Memling, c. 1470 The Veil of Veronica, or Sudarium (Latin for sweat-cloth), also known as the Vernicle and often called simply the Veronica, is a Christian relic consisting of a piece of cloth said to bear an image of the Holy Face of Jesus produced by other than human means (an acheiropoieton, "made without hand").
Holy Face of Jesus (or The Veil of Veronica) is a 1586–1595 painting by El Greco of the Holy Face of Jesus on a veil. It is now in the Museo del Prado, in Madrid, which acquired it in 1944 using funds from a legacy from the conde de Cartagena.
Saint Veronica, also known as Berenike, [3] was a widow from Jerusalem who lived in the 1st century AD, according to extra-biblical Christian sacred tradition. [4] A celebrated saint in many pious Christian countries, the 17th-century Acta Sanctorum published by the Bollandists listed her feast under July 12, [5] but the German Jesuit scholar Joseph Braun cited her commemoration in Festi ...
The Veil of Veronica (Latin: Sudarium, 'sweat-cloth'), often called simply "The Veronica" and known in Italian as the Volto Santo or Holy Face (but not to be confused with the carved crucifix the Volto Santo of Lucca), is a Christian relic of a piece of cloth which, according to tradition, bears the image of Jesus' face. Various existing images ...
Veronica's Veil, known in Italian as the Volto Santo or Holy Face (but not to be confused with the carved crucifix Volto Santo of Lucca) is a legendary relic. The legend is of medieval origin, and only a feature of the Western church ; its connection with any single surviving physical image is slighter still, though a number of images have been ...
Head of Christ is a painting in oil on panel by the Italian Renaissance painter Antonio da Correggio, dated 1521. It depicts the head of Christ, wearing the crown of thorns. In the background there is a white cloth showing that the image represents the Veil of Veronica, but Christ's head is given volume through alternate use of light and dark ...
Van der Weyden’s own style is shown in this version of the Crucifixion in portrayal of St. Veronica. He makes a conscious and distinctively different decision in his depiction of Mary Magdalene and St. Veronica. St. Veronica is commonly depicted as older, [7] displaying physical features of aging like wrinkles, but that is not done in this ...
Saint Veronica with the Veil, 1655-1660, 100 x 74 cm, Los Angeles County Museum of Art Saint Paul the Hermit , c. 1662-1664, 103 x 76 cm, Cleveland Museum of Art St. John the Baptist Preaching , c. 1665, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco