Not currently on view
In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · as of August 2026
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
Trained as a goldsmith, Meckenem displayed the decorative potential of his art by engraving a glimmering burst of sword-like rays around Christ’s head and a variety of patterns on Christ’s robe, his jeweled sash, and the tapestries draping the gothic pulpit. The presentation of Christ within ecclesiastic architecture symbolically connects Christ’s authority as Salvator Mundi—Savior of the World—with the Church.
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The Beheading of St. John the Baptist
Head of an Elderly Man with a Long Beard and Turban
St. Peter and St. Andrew, from The Apostles
The Dance at the Court of Herod
St. Simon (?) and St. Matthew, from The Apostles
Judith with the Head of Holophernes
The Twelve Apostles: Saint Simon (?) and Saint Matthew
The Coronation of the Virgin, from The Life of the Virgin
Joseph von Führich — Saint Henry (Emperor Henry II)
Master ES — The Savior
Leonhard Beck (German, c. 1480–1542) — Saints Connected with
Florentin Lauter (German) — Portrait of Kaiser Maximilian I 
Grégoire Huret|Le Blond — The Savior with the Globe in his H
Anonymous, 15th century — Detail of the Crowning of the Virg
Christus im Halbfigur
Agostino Veneziano (Agostino dei Musi) — Suleiman II
Hendrick Goltzius — Christ, from Christ, the Apostles and St
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus — Head of Christ
Hans Burgkmair — Verso of a Sheet with Philip the Belle, fro
Master of the E-Series Tarocchi (Italian, active 1460s) — Th