Tag: Salvator Mundi Leonardo da Vinci

• Tuesday, June 11th 2019 - 15:34 UTC

  World's most expensive painting, Leonardo's Salvador Mundi currently in a Saudi yacht

  

  Since its sale for a record US$450 million, the whereabouts of the Salvator Mundi, said to be painted by Leonardo da Vinci, has become one of the art world's greatest mysteries.

• Thursday, November 16th 2017 - 08:12 UTC

  Leonardo's “Salvator Mundi” smashes all previous records: US$ 450 million

  

  A painting of Christ by Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci has sold for US$ 450 million at auction in New York, obliterating previous records. The 500-year-old oil painting depicting Christ holding a crystal orb, called Salvator Mundi — or Saviour of the World — is one of fewer than 20 paintings by Leonardo da Vinci known to exist.