Saint Veronica and the Holy Veil, oil on canvas, 17th century
Oil on canvas. 17th-century Tuscan school. According to Christian tradition, Saint Veronica was the 'pious woman' who, seeing the passion of Jesus carrying the cross and his face smeared with sweat and blood, wiped it with a linen cloth, on which the imprint of Jesus' face would remain. This cloth, also known as the Holy Shroud, has thus become the iconographic sign of the saint: in this painting, too, Veronica appears in the centre, while two angels on the sides hold the linen on which Christ's face is imprinted, crowned with thorns; below it, a chalice symbolically collects the divine blood, while above the saint's theta the Holy Spirit hovers. Restored and re-framed, the painting is presented in a stylish frame.
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