Painting came close to being sold at auction for €1,500 before its true potential value of £50m came to light
Experts at the Prado museum in Madrid, who raised the alarm, believe there is “sufficient stylistic and documentary evidence” to suggest it could be an original Caravaggio, meaning it could be worth as much as €50m .
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