At Art Fraud Trial, Sotheby’s Is Pressed on Role in Sales to Russian Oligarch
The painting Sotheby’s was trying to sell was a newly discovered work by one of the world’s greatest artists, Leonardo da Vinci. It was known as the “Salvator Mundi” and was a depiction of Christ. But it had a code name: Jack. Samuel Valette, a Sotheby’s specialist, testified in a Manhattan…
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