The excitement surrounding this week's auction of Leonardo da Vinci's painting "Salvator Mundi" raises the question of what makes his work so special.

The world’s most expensive painting, the “Salvator Mundi,” purportedly by Leonardo da Vinci, was supposed to go on display next week in the world’s most famous museum, the Louvre, in a ...

Christie’s sold Leonardo da Vinci’s rediscovered portrait of Jesus Christ as “Salvator Mundi,” or the savior of the world, for $450.3 million, making it the most expensive work of art ever ...

When bids for Leonardo da Vinci’s “Salvator Mundi” hit $200 million there was an audible gasp in the auction room. At the $300 million mark, onlookers broke into applause.

Why the Salvator Mundi Isn't in the Louvre's Blockbuster Leonardo da Vinci Exhibit Could the most important painting in the year’s buzziest exhibition be one that isn’t there at all?

A long-lost painting by Leonardo da Vinci will go up for auction in New York City on Wednesday, when it is expected to fetch well over $100 million.

Is Salvator Mundi by Leonardo da Vinci? Amid the current flurry of ill-informed controversies, let us turn to the science ...

But Da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi has drawn the most interest among the art works for sale – both for its starting price of $100m and the controversy after a row involving its current owner.

Da Vinci masterpiece shatters world records: Sells for $450 million Abandoned and thought to be a fake for years, Leonardo’s Da Vinci’s masterpiece, “Salvator Mundi” hit Christie’s ...