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Christ the Redeemer (Salvator Mundi)

c. 1490–1500

Israhel van Meckenem

(German, c. 1440–1503)
Culture
Germany
Medium
engraving
Measurements
Image: 20.3 x 14.3 cm (8 x 5 5/8 in.); Sheet: 20.3 x 14.3 cm (8 x 5 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund 1949.563
Catalogue raisonné
Lehrs IX.172.161
State
only state
Public Domain
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Location
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Description

Trained as a goldsmith, Meckenem displayed the decorative potential of his art by engraving a glimmering burst of sword-like rays around Christ’s head and a variety of patterns on Christ’s robe, his jeweled sash, and the tapestries draping the gothic pulpit. The presentation of Christ within ecclesiastic architecture symbolically connects Christ’s authority as Salvator Mundi—Savior of the World—with the Church.
A vertically oriented engraving in black ink depicts Christ, a man with a light skin tone, wavy hair, and a beard. Shaded with fine hatching and draped in floral robes, he raises his right hand while bracing an orb topped with a cross. Radiant lines beam from his elaborate crown. He stands within an architectural frame flanked by trumpet-blowing angels in top niches. The inscription "Israhel" and letters "VM" mark the bottom corners.

Christ the Redeemer (Salvator Mundi)

c. 1490–1500

Israhel van Meckenem

(German, c. 1440–1503)
Germany

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