Rubens oil sketch for church ceiling in Antwerp takes €1.3m at auction

Discovered in a house in northern France, a rare oil sketch by Peter Paul Rubens created for an important commission in Antwerp has sold for €1.3m (£1.12m).

It was bought by a European private collector at the auction in Lille on March 31. The sale was cond…

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