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Albrecht Dürer German
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 607
This picture of Christ as Savior of the World, who raises his right hand in blessing and in his left holds an orb representing the Earth, can be appreciated both as a painting and a drawing. Dürer, the premier artist of the German Renaissance, probably began this work shortly before he departed for Italy in 1505 but completed only the drapery. His unusually extensive and meticulous preparatory drawing on the panel is visible in the unfinished portions of Christ’s face and hands.
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5144. Salvator Mundi, Part 1
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5145. Salvator Mundi, Part 2
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2630. Investigations: Salvator Mundi, Part 1
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2631. Investigations: Salvator Mundi, Part 2
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Title: Salvator Mundi
Artist: Albrecht Dürer (German, Nuremberg 1471–1528 Nuremberg)
Date: ca. 1505
Medium: Oil on linden
Dimensions: 22 7/8 x 18 1/2in. (58.1 x 47cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: The Friedsam Collection, Bequest of Michael Friedsam, 1931
Accession Number: 32.100.64
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Timeline of Art History
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Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528)
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Europe and the Age of Exploration
Chronology
Central Europe (including Germany), 1400-1600 A.D.
Museum Publications
Unfinished: Thoughts Left Visible
Gothic and Renaissance Art in Nuremberg, 1300–1550
German Paintings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1350–1600
European Paintings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art by Artists Born before 1865: A Summary Catalogue
Dürer and Beyond: Central European Drawings, 1400–1700
A Concise Catalogue of the European Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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