Created for Biblia Sacra—Dalí’s most ambitious and devotional illustrated series, commissioned by the Italian collector Giuseppe Albaretto as a gift to the Vatican—Pater Noster reflects the artist’s profound engagement with the sacred.
Salvador Dalí (1904–1989)
“Biblia Sacra: Pater Noster” (Our Father), 1964
Mixed media with oil and gouache on watercolor paper
47 × 34 cm (18.5 × 13.4 in)
Signed and dated lower right
Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Robert Descharnes (1983)
Price: Upon request
In this mixed-media composition, Dalí explores the most universal Christian prayer through the ethereal image of a faceless Madonna and Child. Soft ochres and indigos dissolve into one another in watercolor and gouache, while the classical drapery is rendered with meticulous, almost sculptural precision. The result is a vision of divine maternity—serene, mysterious, and timeless—blending Renaissance reverence with Dalinian mysticism.
Certified by the late Robert Descharnes, Dalí’s longtime secretary and archivist, this work represents one of the most poetic meditations from the Biblia Sacra cycle.
