Who will buy the last Leonardo on the market? At auction for 100 million the Salvator Mundi

On Nov. 15,"Salvator Mundi," a work attributed after a long debate (albeit without unanimity) to Leonardo da Vinci, will be sold at auction at Christie’ s in New York, starting with an estimate of $100 million. It is the last painting attributed to Leonardo to remain in private hands-the others are all kept in museums.

Previously attributed to Leonardo’s disciples and only in 2011 attributed to the great genius by many experts, the work depicts Christ Blessing holding a transparent globe in his left hand.
It is an oil on panel painting with dimensions of 65.6 x 45.4 cm probably made around 1499, shortly before the artist left Milan.

The work, initially believed to be destroyed, was recognized to be by Leonardo at the National Gallery exhibition in 2011 devoted to Leonardo.

Christie’s New York co-president Loic Gouzer said, “For an auction house it is like the Holy Grail. Before being auctioned, the panel painting-very delicate-will undergo an international presentation tour: Hong Kong, San Francisco and London and then back to New York.”

Image: Leonardo da Vinci, Salvator Mundi (c. 1499; oil on panel; 65.6 x 45.4 cm; Private collection).

Who will buy the last Leonardo on the market? At auction for 100 million the Salvator Mundi

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