Posted on 11/15/2017 7:17:06 PM PST by Enchante
A painting by Italian Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci that depicts Jesus Christ holding an orb sold for a world record $450.3 million at Christie’s auction house in New York Wednesday night. The painting, called "Salvator Mundi," Italian for "Savior of the World," is one of fewer than 20 paintings by Leonardo known to exist and the only one in private hands. The buyer was not immediately identified. The highest price ever paid for a work of art at auction had been $179.4 million, for Picasso's "Women of Algiers (Version O)" in May 2015....
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I can’t see it. I’ll zoom in a little.
And great Peace.
Yes. Thank you.
Thank you for that.....
People are than free to spend their money as they wish, butbI could never justify that expense there is some very nice artwork for a thousandth the price.
We have a few things in common. The bass and Harleys. We’ll have to compare notes one day. Freegards!
I think these art dealers were better at the touching up game. A markup from $10,000 to half-billion. That's some restoration job!
Is there some tax advantage? It is such a waste to pay that amount when you can buy a copy for $25 from a street corner seller. Plus it would come with a frame.
I really like the piece a lot as well. It gives me hope that the highest price ever paid for a piece of art was that of Christ. 27,000 people lined up around the world to see a painting of Jesus...every knee shall bend.
I read the owner was a Russian bagillionaire who paid 125 million for the painting.
He was suing the organization who sold it to him because he claimed they overcharged him.
Wonder what will happen to that lawsuit now?
I agree: stunning painting.
“If “Eight Elvises” was worth 100 million in 2008, a genuine Da Vinci is worth 450.”
Did that Elvis pic actually sell for 100 million?
I just googled it. Yep!
Eye of the beholder etc. etc.
I believe that the three fingers together in the gesture represent the Holy Trinity, while the other two fingers together are meant to show the duality Christ’s divine and human natures. Could be wrong but this is what I learned in Art History class.
Of course, if you had $450 million to blow on a painting, you may not have made too many stupid decisions up to that point.
Looks like a guy in a dress to me. Modern times have ruined my ability to see it the way I might have in perhaps the 70’s. What a bummer.
Ping!
Yeah one wonders how close to Christ these oligarchs are...something about the auction makes me sick.
I’ve never seen a Da Vinci with that hue of blue in that chromatic intensity. I would expect that from a Caravaggio who utilized light in most compositions, but not so much with Da Vinci, who often restricted himself to earth tones and sepia. But, then, Leonardo did so much work. Most successful artists try various approaches, i.e. Piccaso. Maybe it is his.
Ha! You’ll probably be able to buy that for less than a thousand off a muslim preparing to burn it in 10 or 15 years...
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