History of the Salvator Mundi
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History of the Salvator Mundi
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#2I worked at an art-tech company when the Salvator Mundi went on sale. It was one of the most exciting things in to happen in the art world during the 3 years I worked there. I got to go on a tour of the viewing room at Christie's to see the painting and learn about its history. I have no idea how to evaluate the claims of its attribution, but it's definitely a great story, no matter what. Hopefully it will go on exhibition again soon.
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#3What an incredible irony that the world’s most regressive Islamic government buys a painting of Jesus by one of the world’s most famous artists; and that same government rules that, according to Islamic jurisprudence, a similar depiction of Mohammed would be a high crime worthy of severe punishment.
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#4This is an incredibly detailed study.
Especially the x-ray imaging showing a San Giovanni outline on the back.
I need to reread all of it once more!
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#5What an incredible irony that the world’s most regressive Islamic government buys a painting of Jesus by one of the world’s most famous artists; and that same government rules that, according to Islamic jurisprudence, a similar depiction of Mohammed would be a high crime worthy of severe punishment.
If it's on sale, it's on sale!
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#6Michael Lewis has a great episode about this on his podcast Against the Rules:
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#7I highly recommend the documentary "The Lost Leonardo" referenced in the article:
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#8What an incredible irony that the world’s most regressive Islamic government buys a painting of Jesus by one of the world’s most famous artists; and that same government rules that, according to Islamic jurisprudence, a similar depiction of Mohammed would be a high crime worthy of severe punishment.
There are no laws against depicting Muhammad in Saudi Arabia. Muslims frown upon depictions of prophets (including Jesus) because of its tendency to result in idolatry, but there is nothing criminal or illegal about it.
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#9What an incredible irony that the world’s most regressive Islamic government buys a painting of Jesus by one of the world’s most famous artists; and that same government rules that, according to Islamic jurisprudence, a similar depiction of Mohammed would be a high crime worthy of severe punishment.
There was a DW documentary that I can't find now, which stated that art is a tax and dirty money shelter. Not sure if this was the case for buying a painting that 4(?) years ago was sold for ~130M and was now sold for ~500M.
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#10> Condition & Restoration
> [Regarding the eyes] After many attempts over a period of several months I reached a reasonably satisfactory result by doing as little as possible.
:)