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On November 15, 2017, history was made when a painting titled Salvator Mundi, attributed to the great renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci, completely shattered all records by selling at Christie's auction house in NYC for just over 450 million dollars. The painting, dated from around 1500 and lost for many years, was thought to be redisc
On November 15, 2017, history was made when a painting titled Salvator Mundi, attributed to the great renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci, completely shattered all records by selling at Christie's auction house in NYC for just over 450 million dollars. The painting, dated from around 1500 and lost for many years, was thought to be rediscovered in 2005 underneath multiple layers of overpainting, torn and decayed by worm holes. Over the next 6 years it was meticulously reworked and restored led by conservation expert Diane Dwyer Modestini at New York University.
This museum is dedicated to the subject and surrounding story of the Salvator Mundi, and is the largest collection of artwork and ephemera exploring value, authenticity, and quality in art. It is also a contemporary art project that goes by the name Real Salvator Mundi.
The Salvator Mundi will forever be the subject of much interest, intrigue and debate. However, there is only one Real Salvator Mundi (TM).
Board of Advisors:
Lawrence B. Benenson
Donya Bommer
Dr. Hugh Marlais Davies - Director Emeritus, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
Robert Storr
Stephane Van Deun& Montserrat Uben
Coco & Ben Van Meerendonk
Current Exhibition
Current Exhibition
Current Exhibition
IMPOSTERS & FOLLOWERS
There are at least thirty copies and variations of the painting executed by Leonardo's pupils and followers. as counted by art historian and noted art dealer Robert Simon, who purchased the current attributed work xin 2005. The large number of these paintings is an important part of the pedigree of Leonardo's paintin
IMPOSTERS & FOLLOWERS
There are at least thirty copies and variations of the painting executed by Leonardo's pupils and followers. as counted by art historian and noted art dealer Robert Simon, who purchased the current attributed work xin 2005. The large number of these paintings is an important part of the pedigree of Leonardo's painting and emphasize that there must have been an original by Leonardo from which they were copied. The most significant and widely discussed among these is the painting formerly in the de Ganay collection, as this one shares most closely the same composition and demonstrates the highest technical skill of Leonardo's pupils. This is so much the case that Joanne Snow-Smith proposed it to be the original painting in 1978. The many other copies found in Naples, Detroit, Warsaw, Zürich and other public and private collections contain various attributions to members of Leonardo's pupils and followers. Some versions differ significantly from the original. Two examples can be found in the form of a 'portrait' such as in Salaí's 1511 painting as well as in a painting sold at Sotheby's on 5 December 2018, both of which use Leonardo's Salvator Mundi as their model but which do not employ the iconography of the blessing hand or globe. Other artists use the same model but for other subjects, as is the case with Leonardo's Spanish follower Fernando Yanez de la Almedina and The Eucharistic Christ now at the Museo del Prado.
Hours Of Operation
Current Exhibition
Hours Of Operation
The Salvator Mundi Museum of Art is open daily from 9am until 10pm. Private tours available upon request.
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Salvator Mundi Museum Of Art
144 Union Street
Brooklyn, New York 11231