Salvator Mundi (Leonardo)
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| Artist | Leonardo da Vinci |
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| Year | c. 1490-1519 |
| Type | Oil on walnut |
| Dimensions | 45.4 cm × 65.6 cm (25.8 in × 17.9 in) |
| Location | Private collection, New York City |
Salvator Mundi is a painting of Christ as Salvator Mundi recently attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, who is known to have painted the subject. It was lost and later rediscovered, and restored and exhibited in 2011. The painting shows Christ, in Renaissance garb, giving a benediction with his raised right hand and crossed fingers while holding a crystal sphere in his left hand.
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History[edit]
In France, Leonardo da Vinci painted the subject, Jesus Christ, for Louis XII of France between 1506 and 1513. The recently authenticated work was once owned by Charles I of England and recorded in his art collection in 1649 before being auctioned by the son of the Duke of Buckingham and Normanby in 1763. It next appeared in 1900, damaged from previous restoration attempts and its authorship unclear, when it was purchased by a British collector, Sir Frederick Cook. Cook's descendants sold it at auction in 1958 for £45. The painting was rediscovered, acquired by a US consortium of art dealers in 2005, and authenticated as by Leonardo. It was exhibited by London's National Gallery during the Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan from 9 November 2011 to 5 February 2012.[1][2][3]
Copies of Leonardo's work[edit]
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Contemporary copy by Cesare da Sesto (1516-1517). Wilanów Palace, Warsaw
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Jesus, Leonardo's school
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Jesus, after Leonardo. Wenceslas Hollar (1607-1677)
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Notes[edit]
- ^ Esterow, Milton (June 2011). "A Long Lost Leonardo". ARTnews (ARTnews). Retrieved 2011-06-30.
- ^ BBC News (12 July 2011). "Lost Leonardo Da Vinci painting to go on show". BBC. Retrieved 2011-07-12.
- ^ Scholars authenticate a painting that was missing for centuries
External links[edit]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Salvator Mundi by Leonardo Da Vinci |
- Original press release from Robert Simon
- Platonic receptacles, Leonardo and the Salvator Mundi, iconographic and provenance details of the painting
- Leonardo da Vinci: anatomical drawings from the Royal Library, Windsor Castle, exhibition catalog fully online as PDF from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which contains material on Salvator Mundi (see index)
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