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Capital with Angels Holding the Veil of Saint Veronica, with a Column

ca. 1325–75
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 305
The face portrayed on Veronica’s veil was the Vera Icon (true portrait of Christ). According to legend, when Veronica wiped Jesus’ face as he was led to Calvary, his image was miraculously imprinted on the cloth, which was eventually taken to Saint Peter’s in Rome. Such images were intended to inspire meditation through visual identification with Christ’s likeness.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Capital with Angels Holding the Veil of Saint Veronica, with a Column
  • Date: ca. 1325–75
  • Geography: Made in Veneto (?), Italy
  • Culture: North Italian
  • Medium: Limestone with traces of polychromy
  • Dimensions: Overall: 73 7/8 x 20 3/16 x 20 3/16 in. (187.6 x 51.3 x 51.3 cm)
    capital: 15 3/8 x 20 1/4 x 20 1/4 in. (39.1 x 51.4 x 51.4 cm)
    shaft: 43 1/2 x 15 in. (110.5 x 38.1 cm)
    base: 15 x 20 3/16 in. (38.1 x 51.2 cm)
  • Classification: Sculpture-Architectural
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Gifts of Irwin Untermyer, J. Pierpont Morgan and Marcus T. Reynolds, by exchange; Bequests of George D. Pratt, Susan Dwight Bliss and Henry Victor Burgy, by exchange; and Rogers and Frederick C. Hewitt Funds, 1981
  • Object Number: 1981.9a-c
  • Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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