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Sallman came to Iron Mountain to put finishing touches on the painting and attend the dedication at First Covenant Church in May, 1952. Report item. But the all-time most-reproduced image of Jesus comes from another period. every way." Either way, it is a huge number. //]]> //--> Sallman completed several variations of the painting over the years, and the first oil version dates from 1935 for the fiftieth anniversary celebration of the Evangelical Covenant Church. He was both a commercial artist and a man of deep Christian faith. The amazing images were posted by Fernando Braga, with the caption translated from Portuguese saying, DIVINE LIGHTNING !!! sketched it over and over--more than 500 times--in public talks. Christian art has, across twenty centuries, been framed in this way. [CDATA[// >