A Family Group Adoring the Veil of Veronica
Artist
Unknown
(Austrian)
Datec. 1490
MediumOil on panel
DimensionsImage: 31 1/2 x 27 in. (80 x 68.6 cm)
Frame: 37 × 32 1/2 in. (94 × 82.6 cm)
Frame: 37 × 32 1/2 in. (94 × 82.6 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN304
This panel painting depicts a family, flanked by their patron saints, Peter and Jacob, in a church interior, venerating the Veil of Veronica, a cloth considered to show the first true likeness of Christ. In the background an altarpiece with the Passion cycle is visible, and the veil covers what is most likely a scene representing the Raising of the Cross. The painting may have been commissioned to commemorate the death of the matriarch of the family, of which the white cross in her hand is an indication.
On View
On viewLocation
- Museum of Art, Gallery 03, Wall North
