Acheiropoieta are Christian icons that are said to have come into existence miraculously, and not created by humans. They are also called icons made without hands. Invariably, these are images of Jesu
An 18th-century painting of God the Father painting the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe, an unusual Marian image
10th-century depiction of the legend of King Abgarus of Edessa
The image in its setting in the Pontifical Sanctuary of the Holy Stairs, Rome
Our Lady of Guadalupe, also known as the Virgin of Guadalupe and as La Virgen Morena, is a Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mary associated with four Marian apparitions to Juan Diego and one to hi
Acheiropoieta
…Image of Edessa, and the Hodegetria. In Western Christianity, the most notable claimed examples are the Shroud of Turin, Veil of Veronica, Tilma from Our Lady of Guadalupe, and the Manoppello Image. The term is often applied to the image's content, and thus used for what are known to be normal human copies of originals…
Preliminary drawing of the Mexican Coat of arms, c. 1743.
Detail of the face, showing the discoloration on the top part of the head, where a crown was present at some point, now obscured by an enlarged frame for unknown reasons.
Virgin of Guadalupe in Monastery of Guadalupe, in Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain, illustrating the example of a black Madonna.