The almshouse says the painting is far more valuable than expected and will be sold for good works.

The 15th-Century painting is being auctioned after Sotheby's valued it at between £2.5m and £3.5m.

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The anonymous seller of a prized trophy painting by Francis Bacon going to auction next month at Christie’s in London has been identified. Bacon’s Triptych 1986–7, which is scheduled to be sold with ...

Francis Bacon "Triptych Inspired by the Oresteia of Aeschylus" (1981) Oil on canvas. Triptych: Each panel: 78 in. x 58 in. The magnificent masterpiece, acquired by Astrup in 1984 from Marlborough Fine ...

A work by Jean-Michel Basquiat featured behind the artist on the 1985 cover of The New York Times Magazine—a story that confirmed the artist’s stardom—sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong for HKD 289 million ...

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