A 500-year-old painting of Christ believed to be the work of Leonardo da Vinci is heading to the Louvre Abu Dhabi, the museum has said.

　　阿布扎比卢浮宫发布消息称，有500年历史的达芬奇真迹《救世主》即将落户该博物馆。

　　The newly-opened museum made the announcement on Twitter, without specifying whether it had bought the painting at auction this month.

　　这家新建设的博物馆在推特上发布了该消息，并没有说明，是否是该博物馆在竞拍中拍得了这幅画。

　　Media reports say it was purchased by a Saudi prince.

　　据媒体报道，这幅画最终由一名沙特王子购得。

　　The work - known as Salvator Mundi (Saviour of the World) - was sold in New York for a record $450m . It was the highest auction price for any work of art.

　　这幅作品名为《救世主》，在纽约以4.5亿美元售出。这也是史上艺术品最高的成交价。

　　The unidentified buyer was involved in a bidding contest, via telephone, that lasted nearly 20 minutes.

　　这名神秘买主并未现身，通过电话竞拍到此画，这场竞拍持续了20分钟。

　　The New York Times reported that it was bought by Saudi prince, citing documents the newspaper had reviewed.

　　纽约时报报道称，根据以往的记录，这份画作由一沙特王子购买。

　　Leonardo da Vinci died in 1519 and there are fewer than 20 of his paintings in existence. Salvator Mundi, believed to have been painted sometime after 1505, is the only work thought to be in private hands.

　　达芬奇于1519年去世，仅有少于20幅画作存世。《救世主》被认为是唯一一幅在私人手中的画作，应是达芬奇在1505年以后所作。

　　The Louvre Abu Dhabi museum opened earlier this month in the United Arab Emirates. It cost ?1bn to build the museum over the past 10 years. It holds 600 artworks permanently and 300 loaned from France. The museum pays Paris hundreds of millions of dollars for this as well as for the use of the Louvre name and managerial advice.

　　阿布扎比卢浮宫这月初在沙特阿拉伯开业，建造这家博物馆历时10年，花费10亿英镑。目前该馆有600份馆藏艺术品，以及300件从法国租借的艺术品。与此同时，为了使用卢浮宫的名字以及卢浮宫的管理经验，该博物馆还付给了法国不菲的价格。