Christ as Salvator Mundi

Gherardo Starnina's Christ as Salvator Mundi at the Stadel Museum, painted around 1405, presents the iconic image of Christ as Savior of the World. Starnina's treatment combines the Florentine naturalistic tradition with the decorative elegance he absorbed during his years in Spain Egg tempera on panel was the dominant technique of the period, demanding careful layer-by-layer construction and patient craftsmanship The work is now in the collection of Städel Museum.

The frontal Christ figure is rendered in Starnina's blend of International Gothic refinement and Florentine naturalism, the blessing hand and orb painted with the precise tempera technique of the period.