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Leonardo's Saludor Mundi
The first mention of what might be the painting comes in 16 51, 132 years after leonardo died. A piece of christ done by leonardo was listed along with the rest of charles the first's possessions he was beheaded for treason. The painting that christies eventually sold got tossed around for years as if it had no special value. And no one really bothered to keep track of it. By the 19 fifties, it was officially lost. Oh, but it wasn't lost. It was in new orleans, hanging just a short walk from the houses where walter and i lived right through our childhoods. Every day for roughly eight years, i rode my