Spain blocks sale of painting because it may be a lost Caravaggio

The Spanish government has blocked the auction of a 17th-century oil painting on suspicion it could be a lost Caravaggio masterpiece worth millions. Titled ‘Coronation with Thorns’, the canvas shows the Christ figure, blood dripping from his crown of thorns, just before his crucifixion and was set to have been sold off at Madrid’s Ansorena auction … Read more