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  1. Nov 16, 2017 · Painting: "Salvator Mundi" (1490–1519) Sale date: 2017. Auction House: Christie's, New York. Original Sale Price: $450.3 million. While “Salvator Mundi" shattered every other sale for art, AD ...

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    With a $100 million bid from a third-party guarantor secured by Christie's, most art market experts predicted a record-breaking sale for over $200 million. The previous highest price paid at auction for a painting was $179.4 million for Picasso’s “Les Femmes d’Alger,” and the da Vinci sold for more than twice that amount. The astronomical price sig...

    Does the history of the panel really stretch back to over 500 years ago? Its provenance is fascinating and linked to royalty. It is believed to have been commissioned around 1500 for Louis XII of France and his consort, and it eventually made its way into the possession of Charles I of England in 1625. The painting purportedly exchanged hands many ...

    When the consortium purchased the work in 2005 it was so heavily over-painted that it was hard to recognize it as a da Vinci. It was also damaged and in desperate need of restoration, believed to be a copy of an original da Vinci work by the master’s pupil, Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio. Since the consortium’s purchase in 2005, numerous experts suppo...

  2. Jan 9, 2019 · The painting, Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi (Savior of the World), went for $450 million to Saudi Prince Bader bin Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Farhan al-Saud, an ally of the Crown Prince...

  3. Nov 17, 2017 · "Salvator Mundi," a 600-year-old painting by Leonardo da Vinci, had just sold for $450 million. It was the most expensive painting ever sold at auction. What makes the stratospheric price...

  4. Nov 16, 2017 · Leonardo da Vinci’s “Salvator Mundi” has become the most expensive artwork to ever sell at auction, going for $450.3 million at Christie’s in New York. Dating back to around 1500, the rare...

  5. Nov 15, 2017 · It can infuse even the driest of pictures with the illusion of greatness, and price tags this bloated, too, can imbue workaday art with new weight.

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