The Louvre has asked to loan Salvator Mundi for a major exhibition – but many doubt the much-disputed work will make an appearanceWill it or won’t it appear? The world’s most expensive painting, a depiction of Jesus in Renaissance dress, which sold at auction in 2017 for $450m, would draw huge crowds. A spokeswoman for the Louvre told the Observer: “I confirm the Louvre has asked for the loan of the Salvator Mundi. “I know that the painting was requested for the Louvre exhibition – and as a work by Leonardo,” he said. Court documents allege Bouvier paid Sotheby’s $83m before flipping the painting to Rybolovlev for a markup of more than 50%.

Source: The Guardian October 13, 2019 07:07 UTC