Angels with the Sudarium (Vera Icon)
Two angels are presenting the Vera Icon, the “true face of Christ” on the Veil of Saint Veronica, above a landscape of lakes, castle ruins, cliffs, and forests. Such landscapes were rare at that time, but Huber has engaged with this theme as a setting for a biblical scene. The result is a “world landscape”—a construct of the imagination that was a symbol of the universe, after the example of Netherlandish art. The two angels, on the other hand, were inspired by a Dürer engraving of 1513. The Saint Anne’s altarpiece in the parish church of Huber’s native town Feldkirch was the artist’s masterpiece. The following image shows the entire altarpiece.
1521
73.0 x 86.0cm
Image © Belvedere Vienna, 2021
Feldkircher Annenaltars, 1521, Dom Sankt Nikolaus, Feldkirch © BDA
Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528), Das Schweißtuch, von zwei Engeln gehalten, 1513, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Fletcher Fund, 1919 © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Feldkircher Annenaltars, 1521, Dom Sankt Nikolaus, Feldkirch © BDA
Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528), Das Schweißtuch, von zwei Engeln gehalten, 1513, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Fletcher Fund, 1919 © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York