Row over Salvator Mundi painting's links to da Vinci revealed in new film
Daily MailSaudi Arabia's crown prince Mohammed bin Salman may have paid a $450million for a Leonardo da Vinci painting that the artist did not actually create, according to a new documentary. In it, senior French officials advising the government say Bin Salman had demanded that the French government display the artwork inside the Louvre alongside the Mona Lisa and present it as 100 per cent da Vinci's work. Salvator Mundi sold for a record-breaking $450million at Christie's in New York in 2017, but has been left out of major gallery shows since amid doubts about its authenticity That analysis and the ensuing row explains why the painting failed to appear as planned at the Louvre Abu Dhabi in 2018, and then at a blockbuster da Vinci show by the Louvre in Paris the following year. A new documentary claims Mohammed bin Salman, thought to be the work's owner, wanted it presented as 100% da Vinci's work - but experts say the master only 'contributed' to it No deal was concluded and the museum has refused to comment on the case.
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