Last night, an unknown bidder paid the highest price ever recorded at an art auction for an apparent long-lost Leonardo da Vinci painting. It’s called “Salvator Mundi,” or “Savior of the World,” and shows Jesus raising his right hand and holding a crystal orb. It went for $450 million. But some people are questioning the painting’s authenticity.
Is the $450 million Da Vinci painting a fake?
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- Jerry Saltz - senior art critic for New York Magazine - @jerrysaltz