Portrait by Spanish master Velázquez revealed
British artist Matthew Shepperson’s bunch of paintings were sent to an auction, where the experts spotted a work different from the rest – it was 17th-century Spanish master Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velázquez, foreign media outlets reported.
The London headquarters was quickly alerted, and months of research and consultation with experts in Dublin and Madrid have now confirmed the painting is a rare discovery of work by the Spanish court painter, Bonhams announced today.
By Shepperson, a 19th-century jobbing artist at Buckingham Palace, the work would have been worth perhaps £300. The new attribution means it could fetch £3million.