Calling Mr Bernini to gate 35—artist’s Salvator Mundi sculpture goes on show at Rome airport

Passengers visiting a swanky new boarding space at Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport in Rome will, for the foreseeable future, be greeted by one in every of Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s most well-known sculptural works, Salvator Mundi (round 1679). The marble bust, exhibiting Christ together with his hand outstretched, stands in an imposing glass case within the airport foyer (Jesus is little question granting benediction to these leaving on flight BA345 to Manchester). The sculptural bust, initially supposed as a present for Queen Christina of Sweden, is normally on present in a church in Rome (the Basilica of San Sebastiano) however in a particular association with the Italian Inside Ministry, the work will stay on view for round 4 weeks in keeping with native press experiences. “The show is a part of the extra basic technique of the Leonardo da Vinci [airport] to advertise native and nationwide artwork and tradition amongst Italian and overseas passengers,” says an airport assertion. In keeping with the Information in Germany web site: “Subsequent to it, the colorful show boards for the flights flicker, reverse is the restaurant chain Eataly.”