Photo Story: Salvator Mundi: stolen Leonardo-school painting found in Naples flat

Two police officers stand next to the recovered painting ‘Salvator Mundi’, in Naples, southern Italy, on 18 January 2021 (issued 19 January 2021).

The 15th-century painting of Christ the Saviour from the school of Leonardo da Vinci, part of the ‘DOMA’ collection, has been recovered by police during a search in Naples after it was stolen from the Basilica di San Domenico Maggiore in the southern Italian city two years ago.

A 36-year-old, the owner of the flat, has been detained on suspicion of receiving stolen goods, media reported.

EPA-EFE/CIRO FUSCO

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