This painting shows a person from the waist up. Their gender is ambiguous. They have long, curly, light brown hair, fair skin, rosy cheeks, thin, arched eyebrows, a long, straight nose, and a small, slightly open mouth. They wear a peach-pink garment with gold trim under a blue cloth draped over their left shoulder. The person holds an open book and is pointing at a page with their right hand. The background is black, with a bright green curtain on the right.

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Salvator Mundi

Correggio (Parmese, 1489/1494 - 1534)

c. 1515

Medium: oil on panel
Classification: Painting
Dimensions: overall: 42.6 x 33.3 cm (16 3/4 x 13 1/8 in.) ; framed: 70.6 x 61.4 x 7.3 cm (27 13/16 x 24 3/16 x 2 7/8 in.)
Culture: Parmese
Museum: National Gallery of Art, CIS-R
Credit line: Samuel H. Kress Collection
Rights: Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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