Is the most expensive painting in the world "Salvatore Mendy by Leonardo da Vinci" a fake ?!

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Salvatore Mendy


An art expert has said that the magnificent Renaissance painting by Leonardo da Vinci, the most expensive in the world, is a fake.



Expert Jacques Franck told the famous Louvre Museum staff that "the Salvator Mundi is not Leonardo," and raised many questions about the painting's authenticity due to the many restorations it has undergone.


The newspaper "Sunday Telegraph" reported that the painting was supposed to be displayed in the Louvre Museum in Abu Dhabi, but the museum canceled the show, while the main Louvre in Paris did the same.

Frank said he had written to French President Emmanuel Macron to raise his concerns that his country would be "humiliated" if the painting appeared in Paris.

Frank explained, "The Louvre is the largest university museum for Leonardo's works in the world. It has the Mona Lisa, the Virgin, the Child, Saint Anne, the Saint John the Baptist, the Virgin of the Rocks and others," and it would be a shame, according to Frank, to display the "fake" painting next to the Mona Lisa.


Frank noted that a number of politicians and Louvre employees knew that "Salvator Mundi" was not one of Da Vinci's works, and supported stopping the exhibition.

 Frank was part of a group of experts who were consulted 7 or 8 years ago in order to ascertain the origin of the painting of the Virgin, Child and Saint Anne, explaining that his opinion only expresses his personal view, and that he has nothing to do with the museum or exhibition.


It is reported that Christie's auction house had stated that the Department of Culture and Tourism in Abu Dhabi was the one who purchased the painting Christ the Redeemer "Salvator Mundi" by the painter Leonardo da Vinci.


While US media later circulated the name of Saudi Prince Bandar bin Abdullah Al Saud, and stated that he was the real buyer of the artwork, after Reuters revealed a document indicating that.


Mohammed bin Salman was also mentioned as the actual buyer of the painting, but a Saudi official denied this.

The American "Artnet" website, which relied on "relevant" sources in the artistic issue, claims that the painting is on a yacht owned by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.


The website says that, according to two sources who were familiar with the sale, the painting was transported via a private plane to Mohammed bin Salman, and then delivered at night to the yacht. Artnet also gives information about the yacht, "Serene", in which the painting is located, stating that bin Salman bought it for $550 million in 2015 when he was vacationing in southern France, bringing the total of the yacht and the painting together to one billion US dollars.


The Crown Prince insisted on buying it from its owner, the Russian businessman Yuri Scheffler, the owner of the Russian vodka company, to do so within a deal that lasted only hours.

The painting "Salvator Mundi" or "Savior of the World" by Leonardo da Vinci, depicting Jesus with his right hand raised and in his left hand a glass ball topped with a cross, was sold for a record amount of $450.3 million.


The amount for which the unique painting was sold at an auction held by Christie's in New York, on Wednesday, is more than twice the previous record price for any work of art at auction, according to "Reuters".

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