Leonardo Da Vinci
Salvator Mundi
Found at
Christies,
New York
Post-War & Contemporary Art Evening Sale, Lot 9 B
15.Nov - 15.Nov.2017
Post-War & Contemporary Art Evening Sale, Lot 9 B
15.Nov - 15.Nov.2017
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
oil on panel
25 7/8 x 18 in. (65.7 x 45.7 cm.)
Painted circa 1500.
(Possibly) Commissioned after 1500 by King Louis XII of France (1462-1515) and his wife, Anne of Brittany (1477-1514), following the conquest of Milan and Genoa, and possibly by descent to | Henrietta Maria of France (1609-1669), by whom possibly brought to England in 1625 upon her marriage to | King Charles I of England (1600-1649), Greenwich; Commonwealth Sale, as ‘A peece of Christ done by Leonardo at 30- 00- 00’, presented, 23 October 1651, as part of the Sixth Dividend to | Captain John
25 7/8 x 18 in. (65.7 x 45.7 cm.)
Painted circa 1500.
(Possibly) Commissioned after 1500 by King Louis XII of France (1462-1515) and his wife, Anne of Brittany (1477-1514), following the conquest of Milan and Genoa, and possibly by descent to | Henrietta Maria of France (1609-1669), by whom possibly brought to England in 1625 upon her marriage to | King Charles I of England (1600-1649), Greenwich; Commonwealth Sale, as ‘A peece of Christ done by Leonardo at 30- 00- 00’, presented, 23 October 1651, as part of the Sixth Dividend to | Captain John
A top price for Leonardo da Vinci
The work Salvator Mundi by Leonardo da Vinci was worth USD 450,312,500.00 (€ 378,477,475.21) to a buyer in November 2017. This price was achieved in the auction Post-War & Contemporary Art Evening Sale at Christies in New York and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of USD 100,000,001.00 many times over. This high result makes Salvator Mundi the most expensive artwork by Leonardo da Vinci that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Leonardo da Vinci
Die Arbeit Salvator Mundi von Leonardo da Vinci war einem Käufer im November 2017 USD 450.312.500,00 (€ 378.477.475,21) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Post-War & Contemporary Art Evening Sale bei Christies in New York erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von USD 100.000.001,00 um ein Vielfaches. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Salvator Mundi zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Leonardo da Vinci, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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