De zweetdoek van de heilige Veronica
1450
unspecified
From the collection of Rijksmuseum
1450
unspecified
From the collection of Rijksmuseum
De zweetdoek van de heilige Veronica is a 1450 unspecified by Unknown, a Northern Renaissance work, held at Rijksmuseum.
You see a close-up of Christ’s face on a pale cloth, faint blood from the crown of thorns, eyes closed as if resting. This painting copies a sacred relic—the cloth Veronica used to wipe Jesus’s face. The image wasn’t painted from life; it was meant to be the real imprint of his suffering. That belief made these images feel almost magical in the 1400s. To see more like it, visit the Rijksmuseum.
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