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Salvator Mundi

Salvator Mundi

Leonardo da Vinci

c. 1499-1510

Salvator Mundi, attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, depicts Jesus Christ with a degree of psychological and physical realism unprecedented for its time.

The divine is rendered not as an icon, but as a human presence, observed with the same scrutiny Leonardo applied to nature itself.

Long believed lost, the painting resurfaced in 2005 and was purchased for just over $1,000, thought to be a copy. After extensive restoration and scholarly study, it was authenticated as a work by Leonardo. In 2017, it became the most expensive painting ever sold, for $450 million.

NFT Details

The Related Digital Assets

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  • The NFT Metadata: Contains all on-chain information about this asset, including the IPFS address of The Digital Image.
  • The Digital Image: The associated visual content, also can be accessed through the IPFS.

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Pricing Context

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Reference Value of Original Artwork (for context only): Uncertain, see Notes.

Buyout price: NFT not listed for sale

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Notes on mint

Minting was done through an XRP Ledger minting platform provided by Aesthetes, the popular XRPL NFT platform for contemporary artists.

Other Notes

Pricing remains uncertain due to ongoing scholarly debate over the painting's attribution. The work is variously considered to be by Leonardo da Vinci or a collaboration between da Vinci and members of his workshop, resulting in a wide range of Reference Values.

Licencing

This work is believed to be in the public domain in the United Kingdom on the basis that the creator died more than 70 years ago, and no other known restrictions apply under applicable copyright law.

This work is believed to be in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1930.

Consistent with the position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation, we affirm that faithful digital reproductions of two-dimensional public domain artworks are themselves in the public domain.

To explore the full basis for this work's public domain designation, see the relevant entry on Wikimedia Commons.

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