Blessing Christ
Bernardino Luini·1520
Historical Context
Blessing Christ from 1520 by Bernardino Luini depicts the Salvator Mundi, the blessing Christ holding an orb representing his dominion over the world. The subject was closely associated with Leonardo da Vinci, and Luini's version demonstrates his close relationship to Leonardo's prototypes Oil on canvas, increasingly preferred over panel in the sixteenth century, offered greater flexibility for large-scale compositions It is now held at The Louvre in Paris, one of the world's largest and most v
Technical Analysis
The figure of Christ is rendered with pronounced Leonardesque sfumato, the soft blending of tones creating an otherworldly luminosity appropriate to the divine subject.
