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Auction officer Jean-Pierre Osenat gestures as the long-lost painting "Crucifixion of Jesus Christ" by Baroque master Peter Paul Rubens was sold at auction for 2,3 million euros or $2.66 million in Versailles, west of Paris, Nov. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

VERSAILLES – A long-lost painting by Baroque master Peter Paul Rubens , which was hidden for more than four centuries, sold at 2.3 million euros ($2.7 million) at an auction Sunday in Versailles.

The painting was recently found in a private townhouse in Paris. It depicts the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

It was part of a French collection and was initially thought to be from one of the many Rubens workshops that existed at the time. The artwork was rarely valu

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