Salvator Mundi, 1475–99, Oil on wood, Overall, with integral frame, diameter 10 3/4 in. (27.3 cm); painted surface 8 in. (20.3 cm), Paintings, Workshop of Hans Memling (Netherlandish, Seligenstadt, active by 1465–died 1494 Bruges), Christ is shown here as the Savior of the World (Salvator Mundi), holding in his left hand a cross-topped globe representing the earth, while his right hand is raised in blessing. This was a popular type of image in fifteenth-century Netherlandish painting and merged the themes of the Holy Face (Christ’s features miraculously imprinted on a cloth) and Christ in Majesty
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Salvator Mundi, 1475–99, Oil, wood, Overall, integral frame, diameter 10 3/4, 27.3 cm, painted surface 8, 20.3, Paintings, Workshop of Hans Memling, Netherlandish, Seligenstadt, active by, 1465–died, 1494, Bruges, Christ, shown, Savior, World, holding, left hand, cross-topped globe representing, earth, right, raised, blessing, popular type, image, fifteenth-century Netherlandish, painting, merged, themes, Holy Face, features, miraculously, imprinted, cloth, Majesty
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