Catalogued as ‘attributed to Agostino Carracci’, this head of a youth sold at more than 25-times estimate at Sotheby’s New York when it was knocked down at $1.2m (£913,000).
Measuring 19 x 13in (49 x 32cm) and with cuts to the two corners, Study of a Young Man with Raised Arms by Peter Paul Rubens sold for $7m (£5.32m) at Sotheby’s New York.