A 16th century copy of the world's most expensive painting, Leonardo da Vinci's "Salvator Mundi," which was stolen from a Naples museum, has been recovered.
A 16th-century copy of Leonardo da Vinci s
Salvator Mundi that was stolen from a basilica museum in Naples has been recovered by Italian police.
Thought to be executed by a student of the Renaissance master, the painting was found during a police search in an apartment around 7km from the Museum of San Domenico Maggiore. The owner of the property, reported to be 36-years-old by
Agenzia Italia, has been taken into police custody under suspicion of receiving stolen goods.
The work is modelled off Leonardo s famous
Salvator Mundi (around 1500), which since its record breaking $450m sale in 2017 has been the subject of intense media speculation surrounding its mysterious whereabouts, disputed attribution and fraught loan arrangements.