“I just saw it through an open doorway, an ancient painting ... Mother and Child. Who are they? Who painted it? Perhaps most tantalisingly of all, could it be an almost 400-year-old masterpiece ...

Sotheby’s came out ahead in London’s Classics Week thanks to The Virgin and Child Enthroned ... at Bonhams Old Master paintings sale on December 4, far exceeding its £300,000–£500,000 ...