NEW YORK: A painting by Italian Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci that depicts Jesus Christ holding an orb sold for a world record OF $450.3 million at Christie’s auction house in New York on Wednesday night. A backer of the “Salvator Mundi” auction had guaranteed a bid of at least $100 million, the opening bid of the auction, which ran for 19 minutes. The record sale price of $450 million includes the buyer’s premium, a fee paid by the winner to the auction house. The 26-inch-tall Leonardo painting dated around 1500 shows Christ dressed in Renaissance-style robes, his right hand raised in blessing as his left-hand holds a crystal sphere. The art dealers restored the painting and documented its authenticity as a work by Leonardo.

Source: Pakistan Today November 16, 2017 10:41 UTC