Selling Leonardo
eBook - ePub

Selling Leonardo

The Art World's Greatest Scandal: A Memoir

  1. 140 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Selling Leonardo

The Art World's Greatest Scandal: A Memoir

About this book

The infamous Salvator Mundi painting sold in 2017 for $450.3 million, garnering worldwide attention. News stories had everyone thinking that this painting was made by the legendary Renaissance artist, Leonardo da Vinci. However, something major was left out of those headlines. Many da Vinci experts did not believe that he created the work. Several years after the notorious sale, an unknown American artist was presented with the opportunity of a lifetime. Every year, thousands of artists from around the world apply to be an official Copyist at the Louvre Museum in Paris. While only a few are selected, this artist was somehow chosen for the program. As he prepared for his art to be shown in the Louvre, he came across the many people involved with the Salvator Mundi, exposing a dark mystery across continents. Selling Leonardo is an adventurous true story that lifts the curtain of the secretive, high-stakes art world.

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Acknowledgements
  3. Introduction
  4. Chapter 1: Letter of Acceptance
  5. Chapter 2: Buried Treasure
  6. Chapter 3: To Rebuild
  7. Chapter 4: Baptism
  8. Chapter 5: Icon
  9. Chapter 6: A Curious Man
  10. Chapter 7: Shaky Evidence
  11. Chapter 8: The Before Time
  12. Chapter 9: Not Dressed for the Occasion
  13. Chapter 10: Where is the Provenance?
  14. Chapter 11: Other Suspects
  15. Chapter 12: Copy Cats
  16. Chapter 13: Up for the Task
  17. Chapter 14: A Lovely Smile
  18. Chapter 15: How Much?
  19. Chapter 16: The Oligarch
  20. Chapter 17: Lights, Camera, Action
  21. Chapter 18: Princely Things
  22. Chapter 19: The Palace
  23. Chapter 20: Knock-Off Version
  24. Chapter 21: One Final Discovery
  25. Bibliography