Salvator Mundi

Italienische Malerei 1515–1530, c. 1515

This painting shows a person from the waist up. Their gender is ambiguous. They have long, curly, light brown hair, fair skin, rosy cheeks, thin, arched eyebrows, a long, straight nose, and a small, slightly open mouth. They wear a peach-pink garment with gold trim under a blue cloth draped over their left shoulder. The person holds an open book and is pointing at a page with their right hand. The background is black, with a bright green curtain on the right.
Artist
Italienische Malerei 1515–1530
Date
c. 1515
Type
Painting
Medium
oil on panel
Dimensions
42.6 × 33.3 cm
Collection
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Licence
Public domain, CC0

Image description

This painting shows a person from the waist up. Their gender is ambiguous. They have long, curly, light brown hair, fair skin, rosy cheeks, thin, arched eyebrows, a long, straight nose, and a small, slightly open mouth. They wear a peach-pink garment with gold trim under a blue cloth draped over their left shoulder. The person holds an open book and is pointing at a page with their right hand. The background is black, with a bright green curtain on the right.

Italienische Malerei 1515–1530