The colour of money: Inside the turbulent history of the Salvator Mundi

The colour of money: Inside the turbulent history of the Salvator Mundi

On the trail of the world's most expensive — and controversial — painting

Words: Harry Shukman

It was November 2017, and Christie’s, the venerable auction house in New York, was about to sell Salvator Mundi, the rediscovered painting by Leonardo da Vinci. They were hoping to fetch a disgusting amount of money. Croesus money. Robber baron money. The kind of money that gives an art dealers a better margin than a cartel boss.

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