Christ Figure as Salvator Mundi, Saviour of the World c.1520 Architectural Fragment Her Roman face is refined

Her Roman face is refined and serenely elegant and her bust is delicately swathed in a toga as she stands presented upon a circular socle

An exceptional Italian polychromed and gilt enthroned Madonna and Child devotional sculpture created c

gilding and multicoloured polychrome

Mid 20th Century

The ornamentation was popular on luxury objects found adorning the most stylish interiors of the elite

Christ Figure as Salvator Mundi, Saviour of the World c.1520 Architectural Fragment Her Roman face is refinedA rapturous rendition of Christ as Salvator Mundi, Latin for Saviour of the World. This delicately carved and beautifully polychrome and gilded Northern European limewood figure stands on an immaculate 20th Century lucite plinth displaying him to his full potential. Executed in a highly expressive and animated style with gilded drapery sweeping around his figure. His right hand is raised in blessing, he stands on a gilded orb known as globus cruciger