Salvator Mundi

late 15th century

Johann Zwott German

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Title Salvator Mundi

Artwork Date late 15th century

Artist Johann Zwott

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Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. German

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Unknown

Medium Engraving in ink on laid paper

Dimensions Sheet: 3 7/8 × 2 5/8 inches (9.9 × 6.8 cm)

Classification Prints

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 09.1S1284

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Inscriptions Inscribed, in banner winding around central figure, in Latin at right (according to Passavant--last two latin words not listed in Passavant): Discite a me quia mitis sum et humilis corde [illegible] et Inscribed, upper left to right: Salvator mundi...Salva nos Inscribed, at left, in a dialect of Cologne: leret van mir want ich saenstmoi dich by und oitmoidich van hertze. Inscribed, Scripps inventory number, in pencil, below stamp, verso: 1284 Inscribed, in pencil, lower left verso: M.1351 Inscribed, in pencil (very faint), lower left verso: [illegible] / No. 34

Marks Marked, Scripps stamp, in blue ink, verso (Lugt Suppl. 2357a), Scripps date of acquisition, 1890, added in ink below the stamp. Marked, partial watermark (perhaps the letter O) visible along upper left edge of sheet.

Provenance

November 1890, Royal Berlin Museum Sale. Mrs. James E. Scripps [Harriet J.] (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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