The Salvator Mundi Digital Restoration was made by Yanai Segal, an artist and illustrator who lives and works in Tel Aviv. The project, initially started during the covid lockdowns as a way to pass the time, has taken two years to complete.

The starting point was the belief that, although severely damaged, the unrestored version of the Salvator Mundi painting contains a large amount of visual information and beautifully painted details that were lost in the subsequent restoration. With this in mind, the unrestored original image underwent a less transformative attempt at replacing the damaged areas, this time using digital tools to create a new, digitally restored version of the painting. This website presents the digitally restored version of the Salvator Mundi in an interactive viewing format that allows comparisons with the other versions as well as with other known copies.

Digital Restoration – The digitally restored version of the Salvator Mundi made from
2020 to 2022 by the artist Yanai Segal using Photoshop.

Damaged Original – This is the cleaned but unrestored original version of the
painting as documented in 2006. This image was the starting point for the digital
restoration.

Restored Version – This is the version of the painting restored by Dianne Dwyer
Modestini and presented to the public in 2011.

Copies:

Warsaw Copy –  Attributed to Cesare da Sesto, 1516–1517, Wilanów Palace, Warsaw

Detroit Copy – Attributed to Giampietrino, 16th century, paint on wood panel, Detroit Institute of Arts

Hollar Copy – Etching made by Wenceslaus Hollar from the original, 1650.

Using the viewer  

Compare To – Choose which version or copy you want to compare to the Digital Restoration. 

View – Choose which view from a selection of different zoomed images.

Comparison Mode – Choose to compare between images by placing one on top another or by looking at them side by side