Christ with the Globe
Luminously gleaming and reflecting, the globe symbolises and alludes to the universal validity of the Lord’s salvation: the scale of the “salvator mundi” corresponds to an image of Christ that is full of majesty and kindness. His hand protectively placed on the globe, He thereby expresses His claim to be ruler of the whole world. The reflection of light on the glass globe hints at God as the creator of light.
Luminously gleaming and reflecting, the globe symbolises and alludes to the universal validity of the Lord’s salvation: the scale of the “salvator mundi” corresponds to an image of Christ that is full of majesty and kindness. His hand protectively placed on the globe, He thereby expresses His claim to be ruler of the whole world. The reflection of light on the glass globe hints at God as the creator of light.
Workshop:
Tiziano Vecellio, gen. Tizian (um 1488 Pieve di Cadore - 1576 Venedig) DNB
Time:
1530
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Italian, Venetian
Material/technology:
Canvas
Dimensions:
82,5 x 60,5 cm
Framed: 99 cm x 77,5 cm x 6,5 cm
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 85
Provenance
At the beginning of the 18th century in the Schatzkammer