Allegory of Salvation

Description

A striking 16th-century painting subtly engages with a provocative Renaissance tradition: the deliberate depiction of Christ’s genitals as a symbol of divine perfection. Emerging in the 13th century and fading by the 1600s, this visual motif challenged earlier views of Christ’s sexlessness, instead emphasizing his full humanity, physicality, and the redemptive union of flesh and spirit.