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Leonardo Da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi masterpiece has disappeared, The New York Times reported

“Few works have evoked as much intrigue, either in the world of art or among the courts of Persian Gulf royals. First, its authenticity as the product of Leonardo’s own hand was the subject of intense debate. Then, in November 2017, it became the most expensive work ever sold at auction, fetching $450.3 million from an anonymous bidder who turned out to be a close ally and possible stand-in for the ruler of Saudi Arabia, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Now, the painting is shrouded in a new mystery: Where in the world is “Salvator Mundi”?” New York Times wrote.

After the auction in 2017, at which the painting was sold for the high price noted above, the Abu Dhabi Department of Culture announced that he had agreed to display the painting in Abu Dhabi Louvre, but some time later the exhibition was canceled.

According to the museum, they have no idea where the painting is.

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