A portrait of Mary Magdalene, a masterpiece by the Italian Renaissance painter Raphaël, will be exhibited in the Var from April 20. The painting will be displayed in the sacristy of the Sainte-Marie-Madeleine basilica of Saint-Maximin-la-SainTE-Baume which has just been restored.
A French collector bought the painting from a London gallery on his website for 30,000 pounds (nearly 35,000 euros) thinking that it would was a work of the da Vinci school.