Abu Dhabi. Pictures from the New York auction last November made it across the workd: Christie’s had appraised it at $100 million and in only 19 minutes, it sold for the a record-breaking $450 million. The painting in question is Leonardo da Vinci’s small Salvator Mundi painting on wood and it will be on display at the Louvre Abu Dhabi from September 18th, according to dubaItaly. It will go down in history not only as the most expensive painting ever bought at auction, but also because it made Abu Dhabi the only city outside of Europe and the US to house a Leonardo. (9colonne)
