Historic IMages
Two studies by Leonardo for the Salvator Mundi survive, both red chalk on red prepared paper. There is also an etching of the composition by Wenceslaus Hollar, dated 1650 and inscribed “Leonardo da Vinci pinxit.”
Red chalk drawing of mantle
Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019 |
Red chalk drawing of sleeve
Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019 |
Etching by Wenceslaus Hollar, 1650
The Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto |
Cook Collection, 1913