Published:
11 April 2021 22:57 GMT
The situation near the painting provoked a diplomatic conflict between France and Saudi Arabia, Forbes reports.
‘El Salvador en venta’ (‘Die Verlosser te koop’, in English), new documentary by filmmaker Antoine Vitkine that will be broadcast on April 13 on French television, as well as the principle of hereditary Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salmán, presionó at the Museo del Louvre to observe the falsity of the authentic version of ‘Salvator Mundi’, requested by him for a record in the history of the subjects, recounts Forbes.
Profound in the controversy surrounding the sale of the work, which took place around the world in 2017, when it was sold to a private individual for 450 million dollars. Christie’s case is classified as “the mayor’s artistic retrieval of the last 100 years”.
The inquiries regarding the authenticity of ‘Salvator Mundi’ appeared when in September 2018 the prosecutor of the Louvre Museum in Abu Dhabi inadvertently canceled the inauguration of the work. Since then, the painting has not been seen in public. His parade follows a mystery that, in 2019, it will be revealed that it will be in Bin Salmán’s yard.
At the same time, experts from the Louvre Museum conclude that the painting was painted on Leonardo da Vinci’s plate, but not according to the master’s proposal. Quisieron publishes his hallazgos, but does not powder because the owner has not done the job. In fact, the institution can not make public comments on private property paintings that are not exhibited.
However, other historians and specialists question the authenticity of ‘Salvator Mundi’. According to one of them, the painting is the work of an assistant of Da Vinci, Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio, who contains only “small retouches” of the painting.
According to Forbes, in ‘El Salvador en venta’ appeared several weeks old officials of the governor of Emmanuel Macron, who informed that the offer of the principle hereditary to perform the painting at the Louvre for the exhibition of 2019 ten conditions. Consists that the Museum should display the ‘Salvator Mundi’ next to the ‘Mona Lisa’ to demonstrate to the public its 100% authenticity. This condition was triggered by the high-ranking officials of the French government, which provoked a diplomatic conflict between the two countries.