Salvator Mundi by Leonardo da Vinci circa 1500 Card

Salvator Mundi (Saviour of the World)(or, Saviour of the World) By Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci Painted about 1500 most likely for French King Louis XII and his consort Anne of Brittany ... it then passed to English King Charles I upon his marriage to French Princess Henrietta Maria in 1625 ... the painting was documented as part of the estate of King Charles I in 1650 and a drawn etching copy is made by Wenceslaus Hollar noting "Leonardo painted it" ... the painting is returned to English King Charles II in 1660 upon restoration of the monarchy ... listed as a painting by Leonardo da Vinci ... then to his successor King James II 1685-1688 ... then to his mistress Catherine Sedley Countess of Dorchester (1657-1717) which then remained passed on through her descent many generations ... until about 1900. In 2007 careful restoration and xrays or done and prove the undeniable authenticity that this painting was indeed by Leonardo da Vinci ... that it has all the hallmarks of his work including changes made by him it proves all copies later were made from this particular painting and even has his palm print where he used his own palm to smooth the paint as he is known to have done. It matches his work Last Supper and Mona Lisa and is thought to have been painted some time between or same time as one or the other. Broke auction record at 450.3 million dollars November 15, 2017, as the most expensive painting ever sold. It was owned by kings of France and England. Leonardo da Vinci in his own time was sought after by Italian dukes in Florence and Milan, by a French king, and by a pope all who sought his art talents as well as his military inventions as well as his intellectual knowledge and ideas. Leonardo da Vinci had an art studio workshop in which he had a crew of young boys assigned to his guidance to help them learn his trade by helping him prepare his materials as well as his paintings. These boys helped Leonardo da Vinci by preparing his wood panels for him to paint, such as sanding them and applying the white coating to them, as well as grinding the minerals used to make the white coating, they also helped him make the 'cartoons' to transfer to multiple prepared wood panels. Leonardo would draw the cartoons then the boys would transfer the cartoons to the white coated wood panels by poking holes along Leonardo's drawn lines, then dusting along the perforated holes along the lines made by Leonardo. The boys helped Leonardo grind minerals to help him make his paint. The Salvator Mundi image was thus transferred to a number of wood panels of which several are known to exist today, each having its own robe colours. The Salvator Mundi standard painting usually had christ in a square full frontal, holding the orb in his left hand, giving the blessing ... otherwise. The dead straight on pose was atypical for Leonardo who otherwise had been better known for his twisting figures. Leonardo's interest was to give the as a person addicted to his brand of ciarrette.appearance of a ghostly view of Christ ... who seems to be appearing out of the mist. But Christ's blessing right hand seems best defined. Image found online. Created by Mark Edward Westerfield markewesterfield@aol.com www.zazzle.com/markewesterfield You can find my hand and computer illustration art work, my paintings, and my photo art work, found images, and family images on many useful products such as blank greeting cards, US Postage Stamps, stickers, return address labels, clothing, shoes, blankets and matching pillow cases, porcelain plates and matching ceramic mugs, beautiful glowing lamps and night lights, matted and framed posters, playing cards, and more! I also put my Grandpa Swigert's Art Nouveau 1917 drawing of Grandma on some smaller items you would love! That image is over 100 years old.