A Leonardo Da Vinci masterpiece worth a whopping Rs 3125.5 Crore (450 million dollars), has finally been found hanging in the superyacht of the ruler of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman. <\/p>\n
The controversial ‘Salvator Mundi’ by Leonardo da Vinci, sold for a record-smashing $450 million in November 2017 at Christie’s in New York.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Twitter<\/span><\/p>\n Believed to have been painted in the 1500s, it shows Christ dressed in Renaissance-style robes with his right hand raised in blessing, and left cradling a crystal sphere.<\/p>\n ‘On the evening of the painting’s Christie’s sale, auctioneer Jussi Pylkkanen confidently proclaimed that the painting was “previously in the collections of three kings of England,’ reports Artnet. <\/p>\n Don’t Miss <\/p>\n The mysterious auction was conducted through telephone and the auction house never revealed the name of the buyer reports RT. <\/p>\n Mohammed Bin Salman reportedly purchased the £354 million painting in 2017 through an intermediary states reports. The ‘Salvator Mundi’ was “whisked away in the middle of the night on MBS’ plane” and relocated to his yacht, reports the Telegraph. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n Twitter\/Picture for representation<\/span><\/p>\n The painting itself has been a moot point because some experts believe it was painted by an apprentice. <\/p>\n It has undergone extensive restoration in recent years, with its authorship repeatedly assessed and questioned until it was authenticated as a Leonardo in 2008, reports Mail Online. <\/p>\n The crown prince’s superyacht, Serene, is narrowly more valuable than ‘Salvator Mundi’ – the royal bought the boat while vacationing in France from Russian vodka tycoon Yuri Shefler for 500 million euros, reports The New York Times<\/em>. It was later rented out to Bill Gates for $5 million a week,. <\/p>\n The yacht boasts of 15 rooms, a nightclub, cinema, climbing wall, seawater swimming pool, library, health spa and <\/span>two helipads! <\/span><\/p>\n Well, who’d need a house if they had a yatch like this one?<\/span><\/p>\n With Inputs From: Artnet, Telegraph UK, Mail Online.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n