When news broke in November 2017 about the sale, for an unprecedented $450 million, of a painting in questionable condition, with an uncertain attribution to Leonardo da Vinci, it was the latest, most dramatic sign of an art world gone topsy-turvy. Who would pay such a sum for a 26-by-18-inch piece of painted panel? Almost two years later, the strangeness surrounding the sale of the “ Salvator Mundi ” has only increased. The painting has not been seen since its sale, its whereabouts known only vaguely.
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