A copy of the famous 16" century art work Salvator Mundi, which was reportedly stolen, has recently been recovered by the Police in Italy. The painting is attributed to whom among the following?

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Long thought to be a copy of a lost original veiled with overpainting, it was rediscovered, restored, and included in a major exhibition of Leonardo’s work at the National Gallery, London, in 2011–2012. Italian police have recovered a 500-year-old copy of Leonardo da Vinci’s 16^th century “Salvator Mundi” painting of Jesus Christ that was stolen from a Naples church during the pandemic without the priests even realizing it was gone.