Follower of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Saint Sebastian

Follower of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Saint Sebastian. Photo Sotheby's

oil on canvas, in a carved and gilt wood frame, brushed on the reverse of the stretcher: N^o 978.duCat. 91 by 73 cm.; 35 3/4 by 28 3/4 in. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium:  43,250 GBP

PROVENANCE: Anonymous sale ('Property from an English Private Collection'), London Olympia, Sotheby's, 25 April 2006, lot 328 (for £60,000), where acquired by the present owner.

Sotheby's. Old Master & British Paintings Day Sale. 10 Dec 09. London www.sothebys.com