Salvator Mundi
c. 1499–1510 · Oil on walnut panel · Private collection
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About this work
- Artist
- Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519)
- Year
- c. 1499–1510
- Medium
- Oil on walnut panel
- Original size
- 65.7 × 45.4 cm
- Collection
- Private collection (sold at auction, 2017)
- Movement
- Renaissance
Christ, in a blue robe, raises his right hand in blessing and holds in his left a crystal orb representing the world, looking straight out from a dark ground. The painting is thought to have been made for Louis XII of France around 1500, passed through the collection of Charles I of England and disappeared, surfacing in 1900 as a damaged workshop picture that sold in 1958 for forty-five pounds. Restored and re-attributed to Leonardo after 2005, it was shown at the National Gallery in London in 2011 and sold at Christie's in 2017 for 450 million dollars, the highest price ever paid for a work of art; its present whereabouts are not public and the attribution, between Leonardo himself and his workshop, is still argued over. The sfumato of the face, the curls and the orb's refraction are the passages most often cited for the master's hand.
This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
A frontal Christ in blue raising a blessing hand and holding a crystal orb against darkness, for a study, hallway or bedroom at 16×24 in black. Deep blue, charcoal or stone walls suit the gloom; pair it with Saint John the Baptist.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Exhibition poster of a Renaissance painting
- Era
- 15th century (c. 1499–1510)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cream & beige
- Mood
- grand
- Rooms
- bedroom, hallway or entryway, study or library, living room, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 16×24. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
Framing. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
The Madten promise
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.
