Drawings

Salvator Mundi

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1921
Accession number: 2000.5.909
Maker: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Designer: designed by John Henry Dearle(Opens in new tab) (British, 1860–1932)
Dimensions: 10 1/8 x 5 in. (25.7 x 12.7 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Three lights and tracery. Salvator Mundi in central panel. Depicted in red robe over white with hands extended overborder of light. Face is blurred. Palm fronds are in ground beneath figure. Left panel depicts the lamb of salvation, right panel the Pelican, or emblem for the blood of Christ. Angels in tracery above, two with dulcimers, two with crowns, and central angel holding scroll.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: European Art
Find out more: View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)

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