Passengers visiting a swanky new boarding area at Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport in Rome will, for the foreseeable future, be greeted by one of Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s most famous sculptural works, Salvator Mundi (around 1679).
The marble bust, showing Christ with his hand outstretched, stands in an imposing glass case in the airport lobby (Jesus is no doubt granting benediction to those leaving on flight BA345 to Manchester).