The Location of ‘Salvator Mundi’

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Post by everbody » Wed, Jun 12, 2019, 5:23 PM UTC

The Location of ‘Salvator Mundi’
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Re: The Location of ‘Salvator Mundi’

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Post by plink » Fri, Jun 14, 2019, 2:11 PM UTC

What Kool-Aid has convinced anyone that’s a DaVinci I cannot guess.

Re: The Location of ‘Salvator Mundi’

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Post by Bayart » Fri, Jun 14, 2019, 2:17 PM UTC

plink wrote: post #2

What Kool-Aid has convinced anyone that’s a DaVinci I cannot guess.

Marketing, confirmation bias and price tag. Nobody would pay half a billion for a ruined painting with interesting hands... right ?

Re: The Location of ‘Salvator Mundi’

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Post by trimbo » Fri, Jun 14, 2019, 2:18 PM UTC

There was a good podcast ("Against the Rules") by Michael Lewis about this painting, and the incentives towards certifying it as a Leonardo:

https://atrpodcast.com/episodes/the-hand-of-leonardo-s1!7616...

edit: fixed link

Re: The Location of ‘Salvator Mundi’

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Post by dagw » Fri, Jun 14, 2019, 2:21 PM UTC

trimbo wrote: post #4

There was a good podcast ("Against the Rules") by Michael Lewis about this painting, and the incentives towards certifying it as a Leonardo: https://atrpodcast.com/episodes/the-hand-of-leonardo-s1!7616... edit: fixed link

Link doesn't work. What's the name of the podcast?

Re: The Location of ‘Salvator Mundi’

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Post by trimbo » Fri, Jun 14, 2019, 2:30 PM UTC

dagw wrote: post #5

trimbo wrote: post #4

There was a good podcast ("Against the Rules") by Michael Lewis about this painting, and the incentives towards certifying it as a Leonardo: https://atrpodcast.com/episodes/the-hand-of-leonardo-s1!7616... edit: fixed link

Link doesn't work. What's the name of the podcast?

Fixed -- it's Against the Rules: The Hand of Leonardo

Re: The Location of ‘Salvator Mundi’

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Post by dagw » Fri, Jun 14, 2019, 2:35 PM UTC

plink wrote: post #2

What Kool-Aid has convinced anyone that’s a DaVinci I cannot guess.

Basically nobody seriously thinks it's an actual Da Vinci, but at this point it doesn't really matter. The narrative around the painting makes it a far more interesting work than any second rate actual Da Vinci could ever hope to be.

Re: The Location of ‘Salvator Mundi’

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Post by wl » Fri, Jun 14, 2019, 3:11 PM UTC

plink wrote: post #2

What Kool-Aid has convinced anyone that’s a DaVinci I cannot guess.

I never liked the explanation for the crystal orb. Oh, Leonardo knew about optics, but he painted the orb naïvely to show some sort of miracle.

Re: The Location of ‘Salvator Mundi’

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Post by toss1 » Fri, Jun 14, 2019, 3:35 PM UTC

Bayart wrote: post #3

plink wrote: post #2

What Kool-Aid has convinced anyone that’s a DaVinci I cannot guess.

Marketing, confirmation bias and price tag. Nobody would pay half a billion for a ruined painting with interesting hands... right ?

All that, plus high "values" (prices) make them convenient objects for money-laundering

Re: The Location of ‘Salvator Mundi’

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Post by povertyworld » Fri, Jun 14, 2019, 4:52 PM UTC

dagw wrote: post #7

plink wrote: post #2

What Kool-Aid has convinced anyone that’s a DaVinci I cannot guess.

Basically nobody seriously thinks it's an actual Da Vinci, but at this point it doesn't really matter. The narrative around the painting makes it a far more interesting work than any second rate actual Da Vinci could ever hope to be.

The surrounding narrative bit also worked wonders for another Da Vinci hit "The Mona Lisa". Had it not been stolen it would still be relatively obscure.