The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci. It depicts the dramatic scene described in several closely connected moments in the Gospels, including Matthew 26: . [5], The list is incomplete with respect to sales between private parties, as these are not always reported and, even if they are, details like the purchase price may remain secret. That estimate sort of got you thinking in another direction, though, right Chase? The sale of Salvator Mundi, which was painted around 1500 and presumed lost until early this century, was Rybolovlevs largest to date. He was listed in the register of the royal household as pictor et ingeniarius ducalis (painter and engineer of the duke). Then I went to those other items that were of kind of the same rarity as works of the Renaissance that had been on the market. Get a Britannica Premium subscription and gain access to exclusive content. Alison Cole, editor of The Art Newspaper, has written extensively about the painting and saw it at the National Gallery. In cases like these, that's why we have to turn to the experts who know more about this than us. Bin Salman himself visited President Emmanuel Macron in Paris while the loan was dangling in the balance. One of the sources says the Louvre concluded that Leonardo merely "contributed to the painting," but that bin Salman would only approve the loan if the Salvator Mundi were labelled an authentic Leonardo. The Christie's sale itself was a highly staged drama, beginning with a marketing video that showed not the painting but the faces of observers most are ordinary people but one of them is Leonardo DiCaprio looking reverently at the image as if they were seeing Christ himself. I wana write a poem about it. At the height of the auction, as many of six bidders were in play. Since the painting first arrived at the Louvre in 1815, "Mona Lisa" has received plenty of love letters and flowers from admirers. Privately resold for ca. PETERSON-WITHORN: And the fifth was a drawing by Michelangelo called The Holy Family with the Infant St. John the Baptist, which also sold to the Getty Museum in 1993, for $6.3 million. It's now been determined that his painting is not, in fact, a da Vinci. Most observers agree that it is likely stashed in the Middle East, but some have speculated that it is stored in a tax-free zone in Geneva or even on the Prince's half-a-billion-dollar yacht. French President Emmanuel Macron pictured in 2018 with the owner of the Leonardo, Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman (Credit: Photo by Bandar Algaloud/Getty Images), "The Louvre is supported by the government, the ministry of culture and ultimately Macron," Cole tells BBC Culture.
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