The mystery of Da Vinci's million-dollar painting: Accidental mistake or genius sophistication?

Once again we must be amazed at what the "all-powerful Italian genius" Leonardo da Vinci conveys in his work.

The works of the genius Leonardo da Vinci, whether complete works or scribbled sketches, are artistic and highly valuable. The sad thing is that 4 out of 5 of his paintings have been lost.

Did the painting make a mistake or Da Vinci's deep intentions?

Although such a huge number of works has not been found yet, the strange thing is that the number of his paintings discovered is extremely rare, which is why the most recent founding of Salvator Mundi (within 100 years) ) is considered the "Holy Grail" of art discovery.

Salvator Mundi is a picture of Jesus raising his right hand and blessing his left hand holding a crystal ball.(Goldennumber.net photo).

That's what Alex Rotter - co-president of contemporary and post-war art at Christie's has to say to talk about what this discovery is, is the greatest art discovery of the 21st century. .

We all know Da Vinci is very interested in giving quizzes for posterity hidden inside his paintings in a very sophisticated way, if the Mona Lisa has spent a lot of effort on the expertise of the experts. Salvator Mundi is considered a "male version" of Mona Lisa!

The puzzles surrounding the painting remain a mystery that makes headache scientists explain that the most important highlight is the mundus sphere. It is said to be the "puzzling anomaly" of the painting.

Note: Mundus: Old Latin, meaning "world".

The mystery of the transparent sphere of the painting Salvator Mundi

Leonardo da Vinci was known not only as a master of painting, but also as a genius of science, a person who connected science in his artworks, yet the sphere in the picture above . lacks optical precision!

Whether this is a mistake or an implication, the puzzle in this painting, the experts have a headache to decipher this 21st century mystery!

Walter Isaacson believes that Da Vinci could not make such an elementary error, he said the sphere was painted with great scientific accuracy, only the reflected light inside it was a failure. lose.

He said that this ball is more like a transparent ball because it has no ability to refract, reflecting light, causing images to be distorted or enlarged, reversed!

The part of the shirt or the back of the hand is not deformed, this is an unusual point . counter-science!Photo zoom.

The special thing is that the time is said to draw a painting (also in the place where he painted Mona Lisa), the artist is deeply studying the . optical and reflection, refractively haunting !

Optical research in the handbook of painters.(Photo Repeating Decimal).

Art historian Andrew Martin Kemp - Oxford scholar and leading Renaissance expert also points out some of the unusual features of the mundus that Da Vinci painted:

1. First the unusual mundus spheres are often gut or made of copper, not glass or crystal.
2. The mundus spheres often have an internal reflective landscape, as opposed to sparkling bright holes that look like bubbles, but not rounds that Da Vinci painted. It was these bright holes that made him believe that Da Vinci was drawing a crystal sphere!

But why do we draw a crystal ball instead of copper as usual, and does this sphere have optical problems?

Kemp argued that an optical expert like Da Vinci could hardly draw "such a mistake" , arguing that Leonardo might be describing double refraction often encountered in spheres made of mineral can- acid.

And if this hypothesis is correct, the painting is so full of Da Vinci, so subtle and sophisticated that no painting master can understand the intent of the artist in addition to drawing in a mechanical way.

History of Salvator Mundi painting

The painting Salvator Mundi was discovered in 2011 at the London National Gallery, England. Originally thought to be Da Vinci's work, after much research this painting is claimed to be Da Vinci's last work.

After 6 years of research, its value has skyrocketed when it was identified as Da Vinci's own. The art of shocking and communication art rises before this great discovery. The expected price of this painting may reach 130 million USD (nearly 3,000 billion VND)!