Madonna With Crown Holding Infant Jesus Who Holds A Globus Cruciger, Krems, Austria Royalty-Free Stock Photography

Pictured is statue of Madonna and Child protected from birds by a net, and mounted on a wall in Krems, Austria. The infant Jesus is holding an orb and cross, the `Globus Cruciger`. In the iconography of western art, when Christ hods the globe he is called Salvator Mundi, Latin for `Savior of the World`. The crown symbolizes victory and glory, especially during the Baroque period.