A long-lost painting authenticated as the work of Leonardo da Vinci was sold for a world record price of $450m in a dramatic auction in New York in 2017. The price stunned the art world and Leonardo da Vinci Rediscovered (warning: expensive): An authoritative four volume study that was published in the 500th anniversary of the polymath's death. This definitive account of Leonardo As well as becoming the most expensive painting in history, going for $450m (£326m) at auction, Salvator Mundi was denounced by many as a fake and subsequently vanished from view. Leonardo da Vinci's "Salvator Mundi" has become the most expensive artwork to ever sell at auction, going for $450.3 million at Christie's in New York. Dating back to around 1500, the One of the world's leading experts on Leonardo da Vinci has said a delay in exhibiting Salvator Mundi, the world's most expensive painting, is not due to questions about its authenticity. The art market How Salvator Mundi became the most expensive painting ever sold at auction Was the $400m fetched by Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece due to its exceptional quality - or Five years after its sales record for an amount of $450 million, the Salvator Mundi has not yet finished to unleash passions. Attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, the painting has become the most expensive one in history at Christie's auction sale. Explore and monitor how. A Leonardo da Vinci painting has sold for a record-breaking $450 million this week, at Christie's auction house in New York. The figure more than doubles the existing record for an artwork sold at auction: a $179.4 million bid for a Picasso in 2015. The 30 Most Expensive Paintings Ever Sold Salvator Mundi (1500) by Leonardo da Vinci. At an auction held at Christie's New York in 2016 during a contemporary art Interchange (1955) by Willem de Kooning. Willem de Kooning, the Dutch-American painter, created this famous work of The Card Players E3SgsY4.

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