Focus on The Torment of Saint Anthony and discuss the Ownership.
The painting was previously attributed to the workshop of Domenico Ghirlandaio, under whom Michelangelo had served his apprenticeship. Under that attribution it was bought at a Sotheby's auction in July 2008 by an American art dealer for US$2 million. When the export license was obtained that September, it was brought to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, where it was cleaned of discoloured varnish and later overpainting and closely examined for the first time. On the basis of stylistic hallmarks such as "emphatic cross hatching", it was decided that the painting was indeed by Michelangelo. It was soon bought by the Kimbell Art Museum for an undisclosed amount, believed to be in excess of $6 million.  Though Giorgio Vasari states that Michelangelo painted a copy of Schongauer's print, experts disagree whether this is that painting.
Giorgio Vasari Michelangelo Domenico Ghirlandaio New York Sotheby's angel Kimbell Art Museum Metropolitan Museum of Art