CNN —A Rubens painting lost to history and misidentified for almost 300 years has re-emerged with the help of X-ray analysis and could now fetch up to £6 million ($7.7 million) at auction next month.
Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens completed “Saint Sebastian Tended by Two Angels” more than 400 years ago.
X-Ray analysis revealed Rubens' changes to the painting.
Sotheby'sAnalysis revealed changes beneath the final painting as Rubens sculpted and molded his design to perfection for the first time.
Initially, for example, Rubens painted Saint Sebastian facing the other way while he omitted another arrow piercing the saint’s right thigh in the painting’s final form.
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