Lost Da Vinci painting to be put on display

A PAINTING sold for as little as £45 (€50) in the 1950s but since hailed as a lost masterpiece by Leonardo Da Vinci and now worth millions is to go on show in November.

The painting, “Salvator Mundi” (Saviour of the World), dating from around 1500, was recorded in 1649 as being part of King Charles I of Britain’s art collection but had long been considered lost.

When it was sold in 1958, it was believed to be a piece by Da Vinci’s student Giovanni Boltraffio.