Lost and still not found: Artworks that went missing in the last century | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

Lost and still not found: Artworks that went missing in the last century | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

Written by Vandana Kalra |Updated: April 2, 2019 12:28:13 pm

Lost and still not found: Artworks that went missing in the last century

Is the most expensive artwork sold at an auction, Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi, missing? A look at its mysterious past and some other masterpieces that are missing.

Adoration of the Mystic Lamb (Photo courtesy: Wikimedia Commons)

When Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi (Saviour of the World) came under the hammer at a Christie’s sale in November 2017 for a whopping $450 million — becoming the most expensive artwork ever sold at an auction — it raised eyebrows. Though considered one of the last known Da Vinci paintings in private hands, its authenticity was reportedly questionable. Sold to Saudi Prince Bader bin Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Farhan Al-Saud, the Louvre Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, a licensed partner of the Louvre Museum in Paris, announced that the work will be exhibited at the museum in September 2018 but the unveiling was cancelled.