Christie's New York has announced that it will auction an extraordinarily rare, early Caravaggio entitled "Boy Peeling a Fruit" (1591) on January 28, as part of Old Masters Week, Art Daily reports.
The masterpiece, which depicts a young boy sitting at a table peeling an orange, has a pre-sale estimate of $3 to $5 million. "Boy Peeling a Fruit" is considered to be one of the earliest known paintings by Caravaggio, and it displays the artist's signature use of dramatic lighting contrasts.
