of Germany’s Dresden State Art Collections—home to some of the world’s best-known old master paintings. The lady’s enigmatic glance and lavish, yet monochrome, attire provide ample excuse ...

Hanging on a wall between the kitchen and dining room of a 90-year old woman’s home in Compiègne, France, the small painting was spotted by auctioneer Philomène Wolf, who suggested the woman ...

The painting had been hung above a hotplate ... at auction next month. The woman had it valued believing it to be an old religious icon. Experts said there was "no disputing" its origin.