Salvator Mundi

For the Leonardo painting, see Salvator Mundi (Leonardo). For the Palma Vecchio painting, see Salvator Mundi (Palma Vecchio).

Salvator Mundi, Latin for Saviour of the World, is a subject in iconography depicting Christ with his right hand raised in blessing and his left hand holding an orb (frequently surmounted by a cross), known as a globus cruciger. The latter symbolizes the Earth, and the whole composition has strong eschatological undertones.

The theme is associated with Early Netherlandish painting and the painters of the Northern Renaissance. However, an Italian painting using the same theme has been attributed to Leonardo da Vinci.

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