Found Titian to fetch $5m

A rediscovered Titian painting is expected to fetch more than £5m when it is auctioned in London. Portrait of a Lady and her Daughter was not seen for more than 400 years before it was found in a London garage. The picture, which will be sold by Christie's tomorrow, needed 20 years of restoration work before it was displayed in public in 2001. Titian never completed the work of art but it was reworked by one of his pupils after his death in 1576. It is thought to depict Titian's daughter Emilia with one of his granddaughters. Christie's deputy chairman Francis Russell said: "This remarkable and moving portrait is one of the most notable art discoveries of recent years." The world record auction price for a Titian is £7.48m for Venus and Adonis, which was sold in 1991. For the full story - click the title Irish Art