A lost painting by Italian master Sebastiano Ricci has turned up in a Dallas warehouse after a 300-year journey.
That journey has seen Ricci's "The Vision of St. Bruno" change hands from a European nobleman playboy to a Missouri fur trader and finally to generations of an American family.
The discovery came only after the family asked an art expert to take a look at the 3-by-4-foot painting depicting a robed St. Bruno glancing up to a colorful group of angels.
Dallas-based Heritage Auction Galleries will offer the work by the famous Venetian painter at a November 20th auction. Heritage officials say the painting has been conservatively estimated to fetch at least $600,000.
The last known documentation of the St. Bruno painting was a 1776 catalog listing of the collection of Count Francesco Algarotti. The 18th century Venetian art connoisseur advised royalty on their collections and was also known for his colorful love life.
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