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Salvator Mundi (Latin for 'Savior of the World') is a painting attributed in whole or part to the Italian High Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci, dated c. 1499–1510. Long thought to be a copy of a lost original veiled with overpainting , it was rediscovered, restored, and included in an exhibition of Leonardo's work at the National Gallery ...
At the same time a second, French-made film, by Antoine Vitkine , was released titled The Saviour for Sale: The Story of Salvator Mundi. It covered much of the same material as The Lost Leonardo but did not include some central figures such as Dianne Modestini; Vitkine's film took a dimmer view of Modestini's motivations and actions.
Early in “The Lost Leonardo,” there is one of those whoa! moments that can make you think no movie is more gripping than a great documentary about the art world. In 2005, two dealers stumble ...
Simon co-authored Leonardo’s Salvator Mundi and the Collecting of Leonardo in the Stuart Courts with art historians Martin Kemp and Margaret Dalivalle. [10] The book was by Oxford University Press in 2019. [11] He was also featured in the 2021 documentary, The Lost Leonardo. [12] [13]
The film lifts the veil on the painting titled “Salvator Mundi” (The Savior of the World), which mysteriously resurfaced several years ago and was sold at Christie’s for a record $450 ...
The book details Leonardo's life, paintings, notebooks, work on maths, science and anatomy, and his sexuality. It focuses primarily on his notebooks but also covers his paintings. The book tackles the controversies surrounding the attribution of the paintings La Bella Principessa and Salvator Mundi to Leonardo. [2]
In some part, it's a masterpiece by Dianne Modestini". [3] In 2022, the Encyclopædia Britannica records that "no official record of the painting's attribution officially exists". [4] I think we should move this painting back to "disputed works" and with a highlight that it is considered a "Supposedly collaborative work".
Salvator Mundi, Latin for Saviour of the World, is a subject in iconography depicting Christ with his right hand raised in blessing and his left hand holding an orb (frequently surmounted by a cross), known as a globus cruciger.