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Christ Blessing ('The Saviour of the World')
about 1600 · Oil on canvas · National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh
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image 15.1×20 in on a 16×20 in sheet
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All editionsAbout this painting
Christ looks straight out, His right hand raised in blessing and His left resting on a globe. The National Galleries of Scotland call it “a crystal-like sphere or globe representing the world,” where “more usually such pictures include a book of scripture,” and they cite the art historian David Davies, who finds the sphere innovative, since in Byzantine paintings Jesus traditionally holds a gospel. The face is long, the hair parted, and around the head the canvas pales into light: El Greco's “fluid brushwork and extensive use of white admirably convey the idea of divine light,” the Galleries write, and “Christ is depicted both as the Saviour of the World and the Light of the World.” Beside His shoulder El Greco signed with the Greek initials delta theta. One hand keeps the world; the other is raised over us.
And they said to the woman: We now believe, not for thy saying: for we ourselves have heard him and know that this is indeed the Saviour of the world.
John 4:42 · Douay-Rheims (Challoner)