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A new documentary on Salvator Mundi alleges political discord over the world s most expensive artwork

A new documentary on Salvator Mundi alleges political discord over the world s most expensive artwork
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The real reason why the Salvator Mundi didn t make it into the Louvre s Leonardo show

Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman and French president Emmanuel Macron © Zadig productions/FTV A new French feature-length documentary on the Salvator Mundi seems to have solved one of the key mysteries surrounding the enigmatic and controversial painting: why it never appeared in the Musée du Louvre’s blockbuster Leonardo da Vinci show. Antoine Vitkine’s film, which The Art Newspaper has gained exclusive access to, is entitled The Savior for Sale and is released on 13 April. In the film, an anonymous senior official in French President Emmanuel Macron’s government, codenamed “Jacques”, tells Vitkine that the Louvre’s extensive scientific examination of the painting, conducted in secret, concluded that Leonardo da Vinci himself “only contributed” to the picture, and that its “authenticity” could not be confirmed.

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