Salvator Mundi
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For the Leonardo painting, see Salvator Mundi (Leonardo). For the Palma Vecchio painting, see Salvator Mundi (Palma Vecchio).
Salvator Mundi, Latin for Saviour of the World, is a subject in iconography depicting Christ with his right hand raised in blessing and his left hand holding an orb (frequently surmounted by a cross), known as a globus cruciger. The latter symbolizes the Earth, and the whole composition has strong eschatological undertones.