{"id":2571,"date":"2026-05-14T23:15:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T21:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mundiart.de\/?p=2571"},"modified":"2026-05-14T23:33:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T21:33:40","slug":"the-making-of-salvator-mundi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mundiart.de\/?p=2571","title":{"rendered":"The Making of Salvator Mundi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Every family has that one sibling who somehow ends up with a mythic aura, and in mine, it\u2019s my brother Gerd. At a Christmas gathering a few years ago, someone once again remarked that he looks a bit like Jesus\u2014an observation we\u2019ve all heard multiple times. Shortly before that, the <em>Salvator Mundi<\/em> attributed to Leonardo da Vinci had just been auctioned off for a record\u2011shattering sum to a Saudi prince. The coincidence was too delicious to ignore. Somewhere between the holiday wine and the laughter, the idea was born: if the world could have a $450\u2011million Salvator Mundi, surely our family could have one too\u2014painted from life, starring Gerd himself. Another coincidence is my brother in his early childhood could not pronounce Monika and called me Mundi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/mundiart.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MakingOfMundi.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every family has that one sibling who somehow ends up with a mythic aura, and in mine, it\u2019s my brother Gerd. At a Christmas gathering a few years ago, someone once again remarked that he looks a bit like Jesus\u2014an observation we\u2019ve all heard multiple times. Shortly before that, the Salvator Mundi attributed to Leonardo &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mundiart.de\/?p=2571\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Making of Salvator Mundi&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[94],"class_list":["post-2571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-salvatormundi-davinci-originalartwork-artportfolio-artshowcase-oilportrait-fineartportrait-fineart-mundiart"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mundiart.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2571"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mundiart.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mundiart.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mundiart.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mundiart.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2571"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mundiart.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2574,"href":"https:\/\/mundiart.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2571\/revisions\/2574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mundiart.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mundiart.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mundiart.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}