Salvator Mundi
, Latin for Saviour of the World, is a subject in iconography depicting Christ with his right hand raised in Blessing (Roman Catholic Church), blessing and his left hand holding an Globus cruciger, orb (frequently surmounted by a cross), known as a . The latter symbolizes the Earth, and the whole composition has strong eschatology, eschatological undertones. Background The theme was made popular by Northern painters such as Jan van Eyck, Hans Memling, and Albrecht Dürer. There are also several versions of the theme attributed to Titian, notably the one in the Hermitage Museum. One painting of the subject, simply titled , was attributed or reattributed to Leonardo da Vinci in 2011. This painting disappeared from 1763 until 1900 when it was acquired from Sir Charles Robinson. It was at the time thought to be a work by Leonardo's follower, Bernardino Luini, and was purchased for the Doughty House in Richmond, London by Sir Francis Cook. By this time Christ's face and hair had been ...
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Salvator Mundi (Leonardo Da Vinci)
''Salvator Mundi'' () is a painting attributed in whole or in part to the Italian High Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci, dated to . Long thought to be a copy of a lost artworks, lost original veiled with overpainting, it was rediscovered, restored, and included in a major exhibition of Leonardo's work at the National Gallery, London, in 2011–2012. Christie's claimed just after selling the work that most leading scholars consider it to be an original List of works by Leonardo da Vinci, work by Leonardo, but this attribution has been disputed by other leading specialists, some of whom propose that he only contributed certain elements; and others who believe that the extensive damage prevents a definitive attribution. The painting depicts Jesus, Christ in an anachronism, anachronistic blue Renaissance dress, making the sign of the cross with his right hand, while holding a transparent, non-refracting calcite, crystal orbuculum, orb in his left, signaling his role as ''Salvator ...
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