The following article appears on The Local. 

The last Leonardo Da Vinci painting still in the hands of a private collector will go under the hammer next month in New York, the Christie’s auction house said on Tuesday, estimating its worth at $100 million (€85mn).

Dating from around 1500, “Salvator Mundi” – which depicts Jesus Christ as the world’s savior – was long believed to be a copy of an original by the Italian master, until it was eventually certified as authentic.

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