{"id":2958,"date":"2011-11-11T07:36:24","date_gmt":"2011-11-11T07:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artcorner.com\/?p=2958"},"modified":"2011-11-11T07:36:24","modified_gmt":"2011-11-11T07:36:24","slug":"so-da-vinci-has-a-new-painting-savior-of-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.overstockart.com\/blog\/so-da-vinci-has-a-new-painting-savior-of-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"So da Vinci Has a New Painting: Savior of the World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The painting was rumored to be in existence from a mere etching by Hollar in 1650, and the piece called &#8220;Salvator Mundi (Savior of the World)&#8221; had passed from hand to hand privately for five centuries until it was recently loaned to the National Gallery and publicized this past July. Where was this painting for five centuries?<\/p>\n<p>Let us open the art history time capsule. It&#8217;s almost as potent as Ibprofren; however, its use is slightly different. Under recently applied varnish, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theartnewspaper.com\/articles\/Leonardo\u2019s-Saviour-of-the-World-rediscovered-in-New-York-\/25079\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">specialists<\/a> date the lost masterpiece from either 1498-1499 (in Milan) or 1500-1506 (in Florence). In the 17th century, the painting passed from the hands of Charles I to the Duke of Buckingham in 1688 until it was sold by his descendants in 1763 as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.overstockart.com\/davipa.html\">da Vinci<\/a> masterpiece only to resurface in 1900. It appears in the 1913 Cook catalog, where Sir Herbert Cook attributes it to &#8220;contemporary painter of Leonardo\u2019s School.&#8221; Specialists, however, have little doubt that it is the lost da Vinci masterpiece.\u00a0After removing layers of discolored varnish and evidence of crude retouching, the style in which the work is rendered is nearly evidence enough for scholars.<\/p>\n<p>Reportedly, the work turned up in a private American collection and is now owned by a party named R.W. Chandler. This November, the general public will have the privileged opportunity to view the long-lost work in person. The National Gallery, as a part of this historical exhibition, also managed a record eight museum loans of priceless <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theartnewspaper.com\/articles\/Your-first-chance-to-see-the-new-Leonardo\/24515\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">da Vinci works<\/a> that usually don&#8217;t leave the museum wall. These works include &#8220;Leonardo&#8217;s &#8220;Portrait of Cecilia Gallerani (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.overstockart.com\/ladywithermine24x36.html\">The Lady with an Ermine<\/a>)&#8221;, about 1489-90, on loan from the Czartoryski Foundation and the National Museum in Cracow, &#8220;Five character studies (A man tricked by gypsies)&#8221;, about 1493, from The Royal Collection and &#8220;Virgin and Child (The Madonna Litta)&#8221;, about 1491-5, from The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg,&#8221; according to The Art Newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>Most fascinating about the &#8220;Savior of the World&#8221; painting, is da Vinci&#8217;s emphasis on power in a hand gesture. This is second only to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.overstockart.com\/monalisa1.html\">Mona Lisa&#8217;s<\/a> secret smile. Perhaps we can suppose she knew where it was hidden all along.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The painting was rumored to be in existence from a mere etching by Hollar in 1650, and the piece called &#8220;Salvator Mundi (Savior of the World)&#8221; had passed from hand to hand privately for five centuries until it was recently loaned to the National Gallery and publicized this past July. 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