Long thought to be a copy of a lost original, this painting has garnered immense attention and controversy since its rediscovery in 2005. The portrait depicts Jesus Christ as the Saviour of the World, his serene gaze and raised hand offering a benediction to the viewer. Dressed in an anachronistic blue Renaissance garment, Christ holds a transparent crystal orb in his left hand, symbolising his divine power and dominion over the heavens. Its authenticity has been the subject of intense debate among art experts. The extensive restoration it underwent after its rediscovery (the result described by one critic as 'inert, varnished, lurid, scrubbed over and repainted so many times that it looks simultaneously new and old'), the lack of clear provenance, and stylistic discrepancies with da Vinci's other works have raised questions about its true authorship. In 2017, the painting was sold at auction for a record-breaking $450.3 million. In 1958, it was sold at auction in London for a mere £45.