Focus on this artwork and analyze the Auction of preparatory work.
In November 2012, one of the preparatory paintings for the main work measuring only 45 by 47 cm was sold by Sotheby's for £493,250, more than twice the estimate. Once owned by Queen Margherita of Italy, the work was rediscovered when her granddaughter Princess Maria Beatrice of Savoy auctioned it at Christie's in April 2012.
Queen Margherita of Italy Christie's Sotheby's Princess Maria Beatrice of Savoy £