Photo courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Velázquez's "Portrait of a Man" was previously attributed to the painter's workshop, but the Met now says it's by the Spanish master himself.

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Thomas Campbell was in Madrid this week in visit to the museum, and while there he credited the work of Keith Christiansen, the Met’s chairman of European painting, and Michael Gallagher, who oversees paintings conservation, with the discovery. Portrait of a Man (circa 1630) had been previously attributed to the workshop of the 17th-century Spanish painter, but a recent cleaning revealed what Christiansen and Gallagher believed to be the vibrant color that was the artist’s trademark. Experts estimate the work could be worth $40 million.

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