Tonight on Rai5 the whole story of the Salvator Mundi attributed to Leonardo da Vinci

An entire episode of Art Night, on Rai 5, dedicated to one of the most talked-about works of art in recent years: the Salvator Mundi attributed to Leonardo da Vinci: the Rai 5 container will air tonight, Friday, June 3 at 9:15 p.m., with a special dedicated precisely to the mysterious story.

After disappearing for decades and then just as mysteriously reappearing, the Salvator mundi was sold by Christie’s for a record $450 million in 2017, making it the most expensive work of art ever. Attributed to Leonardo da Vinci after its discovery, it sparked passions and revealed the excesses of our time. A story that explores the influence a painting can exert on personal and geopolitical interests, weaving ties between New York auction houses, a revered expert on the Da Vinci, an opportunistic Swiss middleman, a Russian oligarch, the Louvre in Paris and an Arab prince. Rai 5’s promises to be an “astonishing journey on the hidden traces of money, power and deception behind this questionable masterpiece,” reads a note.

In addition, the documentary will try to answer a specific question: but is the Salvator Mundi really the work of Italian genius or one of the greatest frauds in art history?

Art Night, hosted by Neri Marcorè, is a program by Silvia De Felice and Emanuela Avallone, Massimo Favia, Alessandro Rossi, with direction by Andrea Montemaggiori.

Tonight on Rai5 the whole story of the Salvator Mundi attributed to Leonardo da Vinci

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