Newly rediscovered Da Vinci painting to go on display at the National Gallery
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Newly rediscovered Da Vinci painting to go on display at the National Gallery


he National Gallery in England will be having the first public showing of a long-lost Leonardo da Vinci work, Salvator Mundi, which was created in the late 15th or early 16th century. It will be featured during the Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan exhibition, from November 9, 2011 to February 5, 2012.

The Salvator Mundi (Savior of the World) depicts a half-length figure of Christ facing frontally, holding a crystal orb in his left hand as he raises his right in blessing. One of some 15 surviving Leonardo oil paintings, this is the first time that one of his painting?s was discovered since 1909, when the Benois Madonna, now in the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, came to light.

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