Mysterious Salvator Mundi Foundation Established...
January 17 2024
Picture: salvatormundifoundation.org
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The art critic and author Ben Lewis has shared news on 'X' (formerly Twitter) that a mysterious Salvator Mundi Foundation has been established.
The foundation's website explains that:
The purpose of the foundation is to investigate the evidence that Leonardo da Vinci painted portions/versions of the Salvator Mundi portrait and to present the art history, scientific research and comparative studies of each portrait, historically referred to as the ‘Male Mona Lisa’.
There is no list of who the members or advisory board consist of, although it claims to be registered with its seat in Amsterdam. The foundation's website promises that it will be putting on exhibitions examining the themes above. Most curious.
Update - A reader has kindly been in touch with the following:
What makes it even weirder is the fact that the castle depicted is castle Bolenstein in Maarssen (not Amsterdam) and that the place is on the market by an estate agent in a private sale.
