DaVinci's painting of Jesus, "Salvator Mundi", sells at Christie's for $400,000,000.

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In France, Leonardo da Vinci painted the subject, Jesus Christ, for Louis XII of France between 1506 and 1513. The recently authenticated work was once owned by Charles I of England and recorded in his art collection in 1649 before being auctioned by the son of the Duke of Buckingham and Normanby in 1763. It next appeared in 1900, when it was purchased by a British collector, Francis Cook, 1st Viscount of Monserrate. The painting was damaged from previous restoration attempts, and its authorship unclear. Cook's descendants sold it at auction in 1958 for £45.[1]

In 2005, the painting was acquired by a consortium of art dealers that included Robert Simon, a specialist in Old Masters. It was heavily overpainted so that it looked like a copy, and was described as "a wreck, dark and gloomy".[2] It was then restored and authenticated as a painting by Leonardo. It was exhibited by London's National Gallery during the Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan from November 2011 to February 2012.[2][3][4] In 2013, the painting was sold to Russian collector Dmitry Rybolovlev for $127.5 million, via the Swiss dealer Yves Bouvier.[5][6][7]

On 10 October 2017, Christie's Auction House announced that the painting would be sold at auction the following month, on 15 November 2017, and that it would be on special display at Christie's locations in New York, Hong Kong, San Francisco, and London prior to the auction.[1] It was sold for $450 million.

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DaVinci's painting of Jesus, "Salvator Mundi"

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In 2005, the painting was acquired by a consortium of art dealers that included Robert Simon, a specialist in Old Masters. It was heavily overpainted so that it looked like a copy, and was described as "a wreck, dark and gloomy".[2] It was then restored and authenticated as a painting by Leonardo.

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