{"product_id":"david-henty-salvator-mundi-after-leonardo-da-vinci","title":"David Henty | Salvator Mundi (after Leonardo da Vinci)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Henty (b. 1958) — Salvator Mundi (after Leonardo da Vinci)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDavid Henty spent a short prison sentence in the mid-1990s for forging passports; it was there, by his own account, that a fascination with the working methods of other artists turned into a craft. Over the twenty-five years since, he has rebuilt that skill into a fully legitimate practice, openly recreating the techniques and palettes of Old Masters and modern artists alike, each piece researched and produced as a declared homage rather than passed off as an original.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis work reproduces Salvator Mundi, the depiction of Christ as “Saviour of the World” attributed to Leonardo da Vinci and sold at auction in 2017 for $450.3 million, making it the most expensive painting ever sold. Henty’s version, set within an ornately gilt-decorated frame, recreates the original’s soft sfumato modelling and luminous orb in painstaking detail. It is offered, and should be understood, as a David Henty work in homage to Leonardo — not as the original painting or a claim to it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAvailable through Creed Gallery, Ascot, for collectors across Berkshire, Surrey, and London.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOil on panel, by David Henty, in homage to Leonardo da Vinci\u003cbr\u003eUnframed - \u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e43.5 x 53 Framed - 61 x 80.5\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNot an original work by Leonardo da Vinci\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David Henty","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56290770911572,"sku":null,"price":25000.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0833\/0418\/6196\/files\/david-henty-salvator-mundi-after-leonardo.jpg?v=1782809639","url":"https:\/\/creedgallery.com\/ar\/products\/david-henty-salvator-mundi-after-leonardo-da-vinci","provider":"Creed Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}