Dear John,
"Very many thanks. A number of artists have tried. It looks like a very good effort! Leonardo’s later works are the hardest of all to emulate. John Marshall has done an unusually good job”.
Best wishes,
Martin
Martin Kemp Emeritus Professor, Oxford University
Honorary Chair of the DaVinci Network
Martin John Kemp FBA is a British art historian and exhibition curator who is one of the world's leading authorities on the life and works of Leonardo da Vinci.
Dear John,
" Thank you for sending this. Bravo! It must have been a lot of work. We should compare notes some time. I have half an idea that I would like to make a copy myself—after I’ve retired! "
Best wishes,
Dianne
Dianne Dwyer Modestini is Clinical Professor for the Kress Program in Paintings Conservation at the Conservation Center of the Insitute of Fine Arts, NYU. and restored the original Leonardo da Vinci Salvator Mundi c 2005
A Contemporary Painter'sStudy of Leonardo
A collection of painstakingly hand-painted recreations exploring the technique, atmosphere and humanity of Leonardo da Vinci.
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Salvator Mundi — painting details, materials, dimensions and the story behind its creation.
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Mona Lisa — technical study, surface details and painting process.
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The Lady with an Ermine. — now in the Czartoryski Museum in Kraków, and is considered one of Poland's national treasures.
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La Scapigliata — (Italian for 'The Lady with Dishevelled Hair') is an unfinished painting,dated c. 1506–1508.
From: DELIEUVIN Vincent
Sent: June 25, 2026 4:47 AM
To: John Marshall <john@mylastleonardo.com>
Subject: RE:Salvator Mundi
Dear John Marshall,
Thank you very much for sending the replica.
Your copy is quite painterly, showing brushstrokes, and remains faithful to Leonardo's original.
Regards,
Vincent Delieuvin
Conservateur en chef
En charge de la peinture italienne du XVIe siècle
Département des Peintures
Musée du Louvre
Paris