Bonkers: Saudi Crown Prince MBS paid $450 million for a “Leonardo Da Vinci” painting that experts say is fake, then pressed the French to lie about it to hide his embarrassment, says upcoming documentary https://www.forbes.com/sites/suzannerowankelleher/2021/04/09/saudi-crown-prince-mbs-pressed-the-louvre-to-lie-about-his-fake-leonardo-da-vinci-per-new-documentary/">https://www.forbes.com/sites/suz...
Saudi Crown Prince MBS Pressed The Louvre To Lie About His Fake Leonardo Da Vinci, Per New Docume...

The French museum rejected Prince Mohammed bin Salman's offer to display the artwork.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/suzannerowankelleher/2021/04/09/saudi-crown-prince-mbs-pressed-the-louvre-to-lie-about-his-fake-leonardo-da-vinci-per-new-documentary/
Some more detail in this @TheArtNewspaper piece. Predictably, France’s Foreign Minister lobbied on behalf of the Saudis, urging Louvre to authenticate fake painting, but Macron ultimately refused, worried France’s credibility was on the line http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/salvator-mundi-feature-film">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/salv...
The real reason why Salvator Mundi didn't make it into the Louvre's Leonardo show

A feature-length film, screening next week in France, sheds new light on the political machinations surrounding the world's most controversial painting

http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/salvator-mundi-feature-film
Amazing https://twitter.com/cairoxford/status/1381170497182908416">https://twitter.com/cairoxfor...
“MBS laid down very clear conditions—show the Salvator Mundi beside the Mona Lisa without any other explanation, present it as 100% Leonardo da Vinci. Exhibiting it on their terms would have been laundering a work at $450 million.” https://news.artnet.com/art-world/the-louvre-salvator-mundi-attribution-1957477">https://news.artnet.com/art-world...
The Saudi Crown Prince Refused to Lend the 'Salvator Mundi' to the Louvre Because the Museum...

Insiders say in a new film that the museum believed only a part of the painting was done by Leonardo himself. MBS didn't want that revealed.

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/the-louvre-salvator-mundi-attribution-1957477
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