Salvator Mundi (\u201cSaviour of the World\u201d) is the most mysterious and most expensive painting in the history of art. The work attributed to the Renaissance genius Leonardo da Vinci was sold on 15 November 2017 at Christie\u2019s in New York for an astonishing 450.3 million dollars \u2013 no painting has ever fetched a higher price. Our hand-painted reproduction on canvas brings this legendary subject into your home, painted in oil on canvas with full attention to Leonardo\u2019s masterly detail.<\/p>\n
Leonardo da Vinci painted the Salvator Mundi between 1499 and 1510, in all likelihood for the French king Louis XII and his wife Anne of Brittany. The painting then passed into the collection of the English king Charles I, and after 1763 it disappeared from public view for more than a century. When it resurfaced in the 20th century it was so poorly preserved and so heavily overpainted that it was taken for an ordinary copy \u2013 in 1958 it sold for a mere 45 pounds. Only in 2005 did two New York art dealers discover it at a small auction in New Orleans, and years of restoration together with scientific analysis revealed the master\u2019s hand. In 2011 the National Gallery in London exhibited it as an autograph work by Leonardo.<\/p>\n
The road to the record was steep: in 2013 the painting changed hands for around 80 million dollars, and four years later, after nineteen minutes of fevered bidding, it reached 450.3 million dollars at auction. Christie\u2019s experts called it \u201cthe Holy Grail of Old Masters\u201d, while the public came to love it as \u201cthe male Mona Lisa\u201d. Since the sale the painting has not been publicly exhibited, which only deepens its mystique \u2013 and that is precisely why a reproduction remains the only way to admire this extraordinary subject up close.<\/p>\n
Christ is shown frontally, robed in Renaissance blue. He blesses with his right hand, while in his left he holds a crystal orb symbolising the celestial sphere and his role as guardian of the world. Leonardo\u2019s celebrated sfumato technique \u2013 the soft, smoky transitions between light and shadow \u2013 gives Christ\u2019s face a mysterious, almost hypnotic expression that follows the viewer from every angle. The original is painted in oil on a walnut panel and measures 45.4 \u00d7 65.6 cm; our art painting on canvas preserves the composition and colour palette of the original.<\/p>\n
Every reproduction of the painting Salvator Mundi is entirely hand-painted in oil on canvas \u2013 it is not a print, but a real painting created for you by an experienced artist. It is available in eight sizes, stretched on a wooden frame on request and in an elegant frame from our 3D range. The subject that cost collectors 450 million dollars can grace your living room or your office \u2013 or become a gift for someone who values timeless masterpieces.<\/p>\n
Salvator Mundi \u2013 the most expensive painting of all time Salvator Mundi (\u201cSaviour of the World\u201d) is the most mysterious and most expensive painting in the history of art. The work attributed to the Renaissance genius Leonardo da Vinci was sold on 15 November 2017 at Christie\u2019s in New York […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":124696,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[9810],"product_tag":[9831,9870,9862,9863],"class_list":["post-124643","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-leonardo-da-vinci","product_tag-da-vinci-en","product_tag-painter","product_tag-reproduction-en","product_tag-reproductions","pa_dimenzija-120-x-170-cm","pa_dimenzija-150-x-220-cm","pa_dimenzija-40-x-60-cm","pa_dimenzija-53-x-77-cm","pa_dimenzija-60-x-90-cm","pa_dimenzija-70-x-100-cm","pa_dimenzija-80-x-120-cm","pa_dimenzija-90-x-130-cm","pa_oblika-vertical","pa_okvir-without-frame","pa_podokvir-without","pa_podokvir-yes","first","onbackorder","purchasable","product-type-variable","has-default-attributes"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n