| And the Saved World Remembers | |
| Artist: | Mai Dantsig |
| Year: | 1985 |
| Medium: | Oil on canvas |
| Height Metric: | 3.75 |
| Width Metric: | 7 |
| Metric Unit: | m |
| Imperial Unit: | in |
| Museum: | Private collection (Art Russe) |
And the Saved World Remembers is a monumental painting by Belarusian artist Mai Dantsig measuring 3.75x and based on the Sistine Madonna by Raphael Sanzio.[1] Dantsig was inspired by the salvage of the Sistine Madonna from the bombing of Dresden during World War II.[1] And the Saved World Remembers depicts the moment when the Sistine Madonna was retrieved by the Soviets.[1] The background shows an army, the left side depicts a postman delivering news of victory amid ruined cities and the right side shows German soldiers among concentration camps. The painting also shows women lamenting their dead and a mine detector. Dantsig spent over ten years working on the painting and completed it in 1985, during the 40th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe.[1]
In 2015, And the Saved World Remembers was exhibited in the Saatchi Gallery in London.[2]