達芬奇畫作《救世主》售出4.5億美元創拍賣紀錄

The last Da Vinci in private hands sold for $450m on Wednesday evening after a fevered, 19-minute long round of bidding at Christie’s in Manhattan. It is believed to be the most expensive piece of art ever sold.

週三晚間，在位於曼哈頓的佳士得(Christie's)拍賣行，經過長達19分鐘的激烈競拍後，最後一幅由私人收藏的達芬奇畫作以4.5億美元的價格成交。據信這幅畫作是迄今售價最高的藝術品。

Salvator Mundi — Latin for Saviour of the World — is one of roughly 15 surviving works by Leonardo da Vinci and depicts Jesus Christ in a flowing robe, holding a crystal orb and raising his right hand in benediction.

《救世主》（Salvator Mundi，拉丁文，指世界的救世主）是萊昂納多?達芬奇(Leonardo da Vinci)現存的約15幅畫作之一，描畫了身着飄逸長袍的耶穌基督(Jesus Christ)手持水晶球並擡起右手祝禱的樣子。

The 67.5cm tall portrait, painted around 1500 and once owned by King Charles I of England, was presumed lost until its rediscovery in 2005. It was publicly unveiled at the Da Vinci exhibition at the National Gallery in London in 2011 following an extensive restoration to fix years of overpainting and neglect.

這幅高67.5釐米的畫像繪於1500年前後，曾歸英格蘭國王查理一世(King Charles I of England)所有，後來一度被認爲遺失，直到2005年被重新發現。2011年，在經歷了對多年的重繪和疏忽進行大量修復工作後，這幅畫在倫敦國家美術館(National Gallery)的達芬奇展上公開亮相。

Jussi Pylkkanen, auctioneer for the evening, opened bidding on the piece at $70m. There were gasps throughout the saleroom in Rockefeller Center when it hit $200m.

當天晚上的拍賣師尤西?皮爾卡寧(Jussi Pylkkanen)以7000萬美元起拍。當競價追至2億美元時，洛克菲勒中心(Rockefeller Center)的拍賣場內傳出陣陣深呼吸的喘氣聲。

Bidders interested in the Da Vinci — Lot 9 of the evening’s sale — were given special red paddles in the salesroom, a move the auction house attributed to the work’s high worth, although much of the action was fuelled by phone bidders.

對達芬奇該畫作——當晚的9號拍賣品——感興趣的競拍者在拍賣場上得到了一塊特殊的紅色號牌，拍賣行此舉是因爲該畫作價值高昂，儘管此次競拍大多數叫價都是由電話競拍者完成的。

The $450m figure includes $50.3m of premiums paid by the buyer to Christie’s for its services.

4.5億美元包括由買方向佳士得提供的5030萬美元的佣金。

Following its sale in 2013, the painting was at the centre of a legal feud between then buyer Dmitry Rybolovlev, the Russian billionaire and owner of AS Monaco football club, and Yves Bouvier, the owner of Natural Le Coultre, one of the largest fine art storage and shipping specialists.

這幅畫曾於2013年被出售，之後一直陷於當時的買家俄羅斯億萬富翁、AS摩納哥足球俱樂部(AS Monaco football club)的老闆德米特里?雷波諾列夫(Dmitry Rybolovlev)與Natural Le Coultre的所有者伊夫?布維耶(Yves Bouvier)之間的法律糾紛中。Natural Le Coultre是全世界最大的藝術品收藏和專業運輸公司之一。

The protracted legal battle has centred around claims that Mr Bouvier had allegedly bought the painting for $80m and sold it to Mr Rybolovlev for $127.5m, a near $50m difference. A small group of critics have even questioned the painting’s authenticity.

這場曠日持久的法律糾紛的焦點集中在，布維耶據稱是以8000萬美元的價格購買了這幅油畫，並以1.275億美元的價格出售給了雷波諾列夫，差價將近5000萬美元。 一些鑑定家甚至質疑這幅畫的真僞。