5-minute video. Art dealer Robert Simon and his colleague Alexander Parish bought a painting by an unknown artist in 2005. Simon then asked his friend Dianne Modestini to restore it. Her work on the piece eventually led to the discovery that it was Leonardo da Vinci’s “Salvator Mundi,” and helped her through one of the hardest times in her life.
You may wish to see also the following 5-minute video which explains well some of the reasons why the painting was assessed to be an original by Leonardo Da Vinci: