The portrait of Jesus Christ

Here is the most recognized portrait of Jesus Christ, as painted by Warner Sallman.

 

Head of Christ, Warner Sallman, 1941 
By far the most popular of Sallman’s pictures, the Head of Christ has been reproduced more than 500 million times according to its publishers (Kriebel & Bates). Anthony Kriebel and Fred Bates, employees of the Gospel Trumpet Company of Anderson, Indiana, arranged to market the image late in 1940. Reproductions subsequently carried their imprimatur and the copyright date of 1941. Chicago Offset Printing Company printed the image in a six color separation lithographic process that preserved what many admirers consider unique about the picture; its radiant, incandescent glow. During the years of the Second World War, one press at Chicago Offset continuously printed the Head of Christ under the operation of two shifts of laborers.

 

Here is a more contemporary portrait of Christ, as done by David Garibaldi. Click and enjoy this multi-media presentation.

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Comments

[peggy torres]

i have a picture of jesus with the 1941 copyright kriebel and bates