Which museum in Scotland houses Salvador Dalí’s painting Christ of Saint John of the Cross?

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow houses Salvador Dalí’s Christ of Saint John of the Cross.

Dalí painted Christ of Saint John of the Cross in 1951. The composition presents Christ suspended above a dark landscape and viewed from an unusual overhead angle, rather than from the traditional viewpoint at the foot of the cross. The design was influenced by a drawing attributed to the 16th-century Spanish mystic John of the Cross.

Glasgow Museums purchased the painting in 1952 after public fundraising helped secure it for the city. It became one of the most prominent works in the Kelvingrove collection and a major Dalí attraction in Scotland.

The work is often described as a religious painting, but its dramatic geometry and elevated viewpoint also reflect Dalí’s interest in mathematics, science, and visual experimentation during his later career.