Saint Veronica Displaying the Sudarium

Joos van Cleve depicted Saint Veronica displaying the Sudarium around 1524. According to legend, Veronica wiped Christ's face on the way to Calvary, and his image was miraculously imprinted on her cloth. The painting is in the Städel Museum. Joos van Cleve was a leading Antwerp painter who synthesized Flemish panel painting tradition with Italian Renaissance influence, making him one of the most sought-after Netherlandish masters of his generation.

The composition focuses on the saint holding the miraculous cloth bearing Christ's likeness. Van Cleve's refined technique renders both the human figure and the sacred image within the cloth.