painting sold for 110 million
The final abreast endemic Leonardo da Vinci painting is arresting the art apple advanced of its bargain abutting ages — but afore bodies knew the artist, the account of Jesus was about lost.
When experts believed "Salvator Mundi" was corrective by a da Vinci follower, it awash for alone $60 at a Christie's bargain in 1958. But in 2007, conservator Dianne Dwyer Modestini removed layers of acrylic that had been added over the centuries and advisers accepted that the assignment was absolutely a da Vinci original.
Since then, "Salvator Mundi" has been in clandestine ownership. But on Nov. 15, the 500-year-old painting will acknowledgment to the bargain block. This time, Christie's estimates that bids could beat $100 actor as Da Vinci paintings are abundantly rare. It is one of beneath than 20 accepted da Vinci paintings in the world, according to Christie's.
The acclaimed Renaissance adept corrective "Salvator Mundi," which translates to "savior of the world," about 1500 A.D., in the aforementioned era that he completed "The Mona Lisa."
The painting already belonged to King Charles I of England, and afterwards his son, Charles II in the 17th century. But afterwards that, there were no almanac of its abode amid 1763 and 1900, according to Christie's.
The bargain abode alleged the painting's analysis and apology "the greatest aesthetic rediscovery of the 21st century."
