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Portrait of a woman
Portrait of Philip IV of Spain
Madonna and Child, St. John the Baptist, St. John the Evangelist
The blessing Savior
Venus with cupids
Portrait of mathematician
The three Graces
Portrait of Blanche Leontine
Portrait of Luigi Parmeggiani
French water tower in German medieval style
French or German hairpin with medieval German style eagle
Madonna and Child Enthroned
French female surcoat (andrienne)
Male dress in silk with leather applications

The blessing Savior

Domínikos Theotokópoulos, detto El Greco

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Parmeggiani Gallery

Parmeggiani Gallery

Corso Benedetto Cairoli, 2, Reggio Emilia

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The Salvator Mundi theme, constant in Western iconography in the 15th and 16th centuries, is interpreted here with an allusion to the Byzantine derivation that El Greco helps to bring to the West. The figure of Christ probably comes from the Apostolado preserved in Oviedo, a series of paintings that originally included the twelve Apostles and the Redeemer, missing from the Oviedo series. The Christ the Savior who with his right hand raised blesses, according to the Latin gesture, and holds the left resting on the globe, refers to the tradition of the Byzantine icons, thanks to the frontal arrangement, the deep gaze and the rhomboid shape of the luminous halo that surrounds the head.
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Title: The blessing Savior

Author: Domínikos Theotokópoulos, detto El Greco

Date: 17th century

Technique: Oil painting on canvas

Displayed in: Parmeggiani Gallery

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