Salvator Mundi, 1475–99, Oil on wood, Overall, with integral frame, diameter 10 3/4 in. ( cm); painted surface 8 in. (

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Salvator Mundi, 1475–99, Oil on wood, Overall, with integral frame, diameter 10 3/4 in. ( cm); painted surface 8 in. ( 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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