Selling Leonardo

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Selling Leonardo

The Art World’s Greatest Scandal: A Memoir

Individual artists, art monographs Biography: general Memoirs

Author: Alex LaFollette

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Language: English

Published by: Resource Publications

Published on: 13th April 2023

Format: LCP-protected ePub

ISBN: 9781666769173


Salvator Mundi and the Mystery

The infamous Salvator Mundi painting sold in 2017 for $450.3 million, garnering worldwide attention. News stories had everyone thinking that this painting was made by the legendary Renaissance artist, Leonardo da Vinci. However, something major was left out of those headlines. Many da Vinci experts did not believe that he created the work.

The Unknown Artist

Several years after the notorious sale, an unknown American artist was presented with the opportunity of a lifetime. Every year, thousands of artists from around the world apply to be an official Copyist at the Louvre Museum in Paris. While only a few are selected, this artist was somehow chosen for the program.

The Dark Mystery

As he prepared for his art to be shown in the Louvre, he came across the many people involved with the Salvator Mundi, exposing a dark mystery across continents. Selling Leonardo is an adventurous true story that lifts the curtain of the secretive, high-stakes art world.

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