Rare Antonello da Messina panel sells to Italian government following auction withdrawal
Following the last-minute withdrawal of arguably Sotheby’s headline lot of the latest round of Old Master sales in New York, it has been announced that the rare double-sided panel by Antonello da Messina (c.1430-79) has been acquired by the Italian Ministry of Culture.
The estimate for Ecce Homo, which had another painting Saint Jerome in Penitence on the back, was $1…