by John SimsSanta Salvator MundiBy John SimsOn November 15, 2017, Salvator Mundi (Savior of the World) by Leonardo Da Vinci sold for $450.3 million at Christie’s Auction House in New York, shattering all previous records. Leonardo Da Vinci is the embodiment of Renaissance genius and the standard of the artist functioning at the highest level. John Sims in France visiting Leonardo da VinciLast year, I visited Leonardo da Vinci’s grave at the Royal Chateau d’Amboise in Loire Valley in France, a grand opportunity to pay my respects to a true polymath. Salvator Mundi: Before (B&W Photo) and After RestorationBut this Salvator Mundi work, with its spectacular growth in value, is all the more interesting considering its provenance is not without question. I thought the Salvator Mundi painting was worth so much precisely because Da Vinci was able to connect science and art, not because of his disconnection of the two.

Source: Huffington Post December 25, 2017 10:07 UTC