2024-08-25 02:46:36
New Delhi: Whenever the world’s most expensive painting is mentioned, the name of the world’s famous artist Leonardo da Vinci’s painting Mona Lisa comes up. But there is another painting more expensive than this painting. The name of this painting is Salvator Mundi. This painting was auctioned in New York in the year 2017. It was bought by Saudi Arabia’s Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) in the auction for 450 million dollars (about Rs 3774 crore). Now this painting will be put on display for people to see in a museum in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. Ever since this painting was bought, no one has even seen a glimpse of it. Now after many years, the curtain will be lifted from it.
Not Mukesh Ambani’s house, this is the most expensive thing in the world, you will be shocked to know its price
First know what is this painting?
Salvator Mundi is a painting of Jesus Christ. This painting is also known as ‘Savior of the World’. In this, Jesus Christ is blessing. This painting is about 500 years old. According to Christie’s, the organization that auctioned this painting, this painting is the most expensive painting ever sold. When it was auctioned, it was sold in just 20 minutes.
The name of the buyer was not revealed
The name of the person who bought this painting in the auction was kept anonymous. This increased the curiosity about who bought it. After a long time, it was revealed that it was bought by Prince MBS of Saudi Arabia. Also, after buying this painting, MBS kept it hidden from the eyes of the people.
Why are you bringing this painting forward now?
MBS wants to bring this painting in front of the people. According to Bernard Heckel, a close associate of MBS, MBS wants this painting in a huge museum. This museum will be built in Riyadh. The purpose of keeping this painting in the museum is that more and more people come to see it. Experts say that MBS wants to use this painting to attract people in the same way as people are drawn to see the painting of Monalisa.