Salvator Mundi by Leonardo da Vinci c 1500 Canvas Print

Extra Large Size: 40 inches wide! by 59 inches tall!... So, 3 feet 4 inches wide by an inch shy of 5 feet tall! 2 1/2 inches deep! A great size for a cherished gift for any church, church school, convent, monastery, chapel, funeral home, retirement home, memorial, or private shrine, library, community college school fine art department or office, or home. Salvator Mundi by Leonardo da Vinci circa 1500 Stretched Canvas Wall Art Print ... Original is oil and lapis lazuli on walnut panel ... Leonardo's traditional vision of Christ appearing out of the darkness as the Saviour of the World. This is the art work that broke all sales records at auction in November 15, 2017 for unbelievable $450.3 million (including taxes and auction house fees)! Discovered in near absolute ruin with heavy over-painting and being over 500 years old, it was known to be from Leonardo's workshop, though, then, thought to had been mostly by his workshop apprentice boys ... but, then, was cleaned and dramatically restored and discovered to be much by Leonardo's own hand. Leonardo's workshop was known to have had produced a number of traditional Salvator Mundi oil on wood panels. Leonardo's workshop apprentice boys transferred his drawings onto prepared white coated wood panels by poking holes along the drawn lines. This art work shows Leonardo's famed soft hazy sfumato style. Leonardo is known to have used his own hands to blend paint to soften line edges. Palm prints are seen on this painting. The details reflect the preparatory sketches found in his journals, especially the complex geometric design of the leather strapping. The hands and mouth also reflect Leonardo's preparatory sketches as well as his other known paintings. The robe paint consists of rare imported lapis lazuli that then was more expensive than gold that only Leonardo's wealthy patrons could afford ... the patron is believed here to be the king of France, Louis XII. The painting passed from the kings of France to the kings of England by 1625 marriage Henrietta Maria, a French princess, to English King Charles I. (Salvator Mundi was then passed on to King Charles I's and Queen Henrietta Maria's sons Kings Charles II and James II( and VII of Scotland) and thence to his mistress, then, through her family. Leonardo da Vinci was given a home Clos Lucé in his final three or four years by the young King of France Francis I (who was then about ages 21 - 25 and who inherited the throne from his cousin Louis XII) ... the home being connected by tunnel to the king's palace Château d'Amboise so that the young king Frances I could visit and check on Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo lived there with one of his workshop apprentices and young companion the Count Francesco Melzi, who, though himself of fine noble birth, devoted his life to caring for Leonardo and to preserving Leonardo's journals some which are now in possession of the collection of the Queen of England. Lapis Lazuli is a blue mineral stone imported then, as now, from the area now called Afghanistan. It is the same rare stone used in the ancient Egyptian pure gold burial mask of boy Pharaoh King Tutankhamun for the dark blue eye liner and brows (the matching colour stripes of the Nemes headdress are of Ancient Egyptian glass). Lapis Lazuli blue oil paint was also used in the blue robe of the Virgin Mary by Renaissance painters for their wealthier patrons. Salvator Mundi paintings traditionally were frontal portraits with Christ's right hand raised in the Blessing and Christ's left hand holding a globe representing the World (or, alternately, the Heavenly crystal sphere in centre of which was the World). Leonardo chose to not paint in a golden halo, wanting Christ to seem to appear as a vision out of the darkness. The face is softly painted. The nearer Blessing hand is more defined as Leonardo tried for a more three dimensional quality through atmospheric effects as he was renown for. Leonardo was left-handed and gay, artistic, and scientific minded. He studied light and shadow and reflection and atmospheric effects, human proportion, and the geometric proportion then called the Divine Proportion we call the Golden Proportion or Golden Ratio. He illustrated his friend Luca Pacioli's book De Divina Proportione. Please like, share, buy. I have put this extraordinary image onto metal and acrylic and wood panel wall hangings, fabric wall tapestries, note cards, postcards, standard greeting cards, big cards (8.5 inch by 11 inch that you can frame in standard document frames), stickers, lamps, soft comforting fleece blankets, pillows, clip boards, melamine plates, ceramic mugs, ceramic ornaments, and other items all which will make fine gifts or additions to your home. retirement home, church, church school, convent, monastery, funeral home, or memorial. Thank You So Much for liking, sharing, following, buying. Please use the Zazzle daily promo code to save money. Buy Zazzle Black for only about ten bucks a year for free delivery of unlimited purchases all year. See Zazzle for details. All products are quality made and guaranteed. You and your family and your friends will love these gifts. Click image then find and click the + plus symbol to enlarge to see the beautiful detail. Then you can enlarge further with your fingers to spread out the image if you have touch screen. This fine art canvas will be a wonderful gift cherished for generations to come.