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•  Info created by Leonardo da Vinci, uploaded by Coldcreation, nominated by Yann (talk) 07:31, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
•  Info This is the painting of all fantasm and superlatives. Salvator Mundi is attributed to Leonardo da Vinci by most experts, but this is still contested by others. This is the only painting of the famous master in a private collection. Badly damaged and attributed to Leonardo's pupil Giovanni Antonio, it was sold in 1958 for £45. It is now the most expensive painting in the world. It was sold US$ 450.3 million on 15 November 2017 by Christie's in New York. It was planned to be on exhibit in the Louvre Abu Dhabi, but its current location is unknown. And it is appropriate for the 500th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci's death. See [1] for the complete story of the painting discovery and restoration.
•  Support -- Yann (talk) 07:31, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
•  Support -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:28, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
•  Support --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 08:41, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
•  Comment There's quite a lot of JPEG artifacting in the background at the top of the painting. Is there no superior version available? Cmao20 (talk) 08:53, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

• No. And since it is privately owned, there won't be any new version any time soon. Regards, Yann (talk) 10:46, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
•  Support, then. Cmao20 (talk) 15:06, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

•  Support -- 🇪🅰〒ℂ🇭🅰- 💬 08:54, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
•  Support 😄 ArionEstar 😜 13:01, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
•  Support --BoothSift 23:51, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
•  Question - Yann, what do you mean by "It should be exposed in the Louvre Abu Dhabi"? (By the way, we would say "on exhibit" or "shown"; in English, I would think that an exposed painting is left outside in the rain or cold or something like that.) -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 05:19, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

• OK, fixed, thanks. ;o) That's what the media reported, and what Wikipedia says. Regards, Yann (talk) 05:32, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

• Well, this is what w:Salvator Mundi (Leonardo) says, which is a bit different: "It was sold at auction for $450.3 million on 15 November 2017 by Christie's in New York to Prince Badr bin Abdullah, setting a new record for most expensive painting ever sold at public auction.[7] Prince Badr allegedly made the purchase on behalf of Abu Dhabi's Department of Culture and Tourism,[8][9] but it has since been posited that he may have been a stand-in bidder for his close ally and Saudi Arabian crown prince Mohammed bin Salman.[10] This follows late-2017 reports that the painting would be put on display at the Louvre Abu Dhabi[1][11] and the unexplained cancellation of its scheduled September 2018 unveiling.[12] The current location and status of the painting is unknown,[10] but it may be in a storage facility in Geneva.[13]" The short version is that "This follows late-2017 reports that the painting would be put on display at the Louvre Abu Dhabi" is different from "It should be on display at the Louvre Abu Dhabi", which implies (without directly stating) that something illegal is going on. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 06:24, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

• OK, my wording may be improved. Is "was planned to be on display" OK? Regards, Yann (talk) 07:28, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

• I don't know if it's OK, because I don't know if it's accurate. All I know from the Wikipedia article is that there were reports that it would be displayed. The reports seem not to have been accurate, but it's possible that there was indeed a plan afoot for a show or longer loan and it fell through. Do you have any knowledge beyond what's in the Wikipedia article? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:13, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

• Please notice that I write it in the past. So yes, the current wording is exactly what is reported by the media. Regards, Yann (talk) 10:05, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

• The fact that something was reported in no way proves that the reports were in any way accurate. If you use the word "reportedly", you are unambiguously accurate. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 18:49, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

• I am not writing a Wikipedia here. Regards, Yann (talk) 05:27, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

•  Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 07:32, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
•  Support --Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 22:12, 4 May 2019 (UTC)
•  Support Iconic painting. Notable in its own right -- Basile Morin (talk) 00:14, 5 May 2019 (UTC)
•  Support; I have fond memories of this image accompanying the only ITN nomination I have ever succeeded at getting on the front page of the English Wikipedia. Daniel Case (talk) 05:13, 5 May 2019 (UTC)
•  Support -- Johann Jaritz (talk) 04:20, 6 May 2019 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 12 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 14:01, 7 May 2019 (UTC)

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