I’ll bet it at least doubles that figure. There’s a lot of rich people out there and a scarcity of true artwork to bid on.
Many have dubbed the evocative work “the male Mona Lisa” because of its similarities to the iconic painting, according to Francois de Poortere, head of Old Master paintings at Christie’s.
The Renaissance work, which hung in the collection of King Charles I in the 1600s, was long believed to have been destroyed until its rediscovery in 2005.
What a strange article, that presupposes that people are more familiar with the Mona Lisa than with our Lord Jesus Christ.
And in New York, that may just be true.
Nice! I was in Milan in June and saw a lot of works by Luini - some of them excellent. I knew nothing about him before that, but I found that he was part of a family of painters. He was the most talented of them.
However, good as Luini was, he did’t quite make it to the Da Vinci level..
Leonardo had his studio and his patrons in Milan. And he also had a tiny vineyard, which is being recreated at the museum located on the site. They have only a few vines and haven’t gotten much of a harvest, but in about 5 years, they expect to be making wine from these grapes.
Leonardo would have approved. They did DNA work and found the variety of grape he used.
That is a beautiful painting...stunning.
My guess is that it goes for a lot more! A DeVinci is pretty near priceless.
A few years ago I attended a lecture by an optics expert who worked on one of the authentication teams. He said the preponderance of evidence showed it to be a work by Leonardo.
I’m still hoping to find a DaVinci at a yard sale, so I think I will pass on this one.