Salvator Mundi, late 15th century

  • Johann Zwott, German

Engraving in ink on laid paper

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

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S1284

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.

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

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)

Kunstblatt. 1850, p. 220 [?]. Catalogue of M. F. Weigel. 1872, p. 214 [?].

Johann Zwott, Salvator Mundi, late 15th century, engraving in ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S1284.