This post is taken from IZULAT blog repost here
Italian police
recently discovered and found the famous Leonardo Da Vinci painting “Salvator
Mundi” (Savior of the World) on a flat and believed to be stolen from Doma
Museum or San Domenico
Maggiore museum wherein staff of the museum were unaware it was
missing because it was locked for three months in a room due to coronavirus
pandemic. The painting which is believed to be 500 years old and to be on 1500s
was returned to the museum or to San Domenico Maggiore church.
The owner of the
flat or apartment which is 36 years old of age was arrested for receiving
stolen goods or things wherein he said he bought the painting from a flea
market. Police are now investigating how the painting was stollen because there
was no sign of breaking in. They believed it was a commissioned theft done by
an organization in an international art trade.
Leonardo Da Vince’s
“Salvator Mundi” rare painting is the most expensive art work in the word sold
for $US450.3 million or $591 million in an auction in
New York in 2017.
The
copy of the painting was said to be painted by Leonardo Da Vinci’s student Giacomo
Alibrandi.
The
main point : Leonardo Da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi painting was stolen from San
Domenico Maggiore museum wherein the museum staff or officials were not aware
it was stolen and was found by police from the apartment of a 36 years old man.
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| image from CNN website |
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| image from CNN website |
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