Leonardo da Vinci's The Martyred Saint Sebastian Worth Almost $16 Million Found!

The rare drawing by Leonardo da Vinci has been discovered in a French auction house. The drawing valued at almost $16 million. The Martyred Saint Sebastian was the first work by the artist to be discovered in over 15 years.

According to Tajan, the Paris-based auction house announced the discovery last Monday. The drawing valued at $15.8 million. The sketch is one of the 14 unframed drawings that were brought into the auction house by a retired doctor. The New York Times reported that the doctor brought this drawing in March and the portfolio of drawings had become a collection of the doctor's father.

Tajan values the sketch at 15 million Euros and was displayed at a curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The drawing of the martyred St. Sebastian measured about seven and a half inches by five inches. It's stood resplendent in a gold frame on a wooden easel that symbolizes the Italian Renaissance.

The Tajan's director, Thaddee Prate, confirmed that the drawing depicts St. Sebastian tied to a tree, inscribed on the Mount Michelange (Michelangelo). When the independent art dealer Patrick de Bayser noticed the drawing was by a left-handed artist, the idea of Leonardo da Vinci came to light, he was left handed. The art dealer discovered the two small scientific drawings of candlelight on the back of the sketch and was accompanied by minute notes. The notes were diagrammatic of Italian Renaissance right-to-left hand.

The Tajan reached out for definitive view from Carmen C. Bambach to overview the chronological artist's works. Bambach is a curator of Italian and Spanish drawings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Dr. Bambach. He was an organizer of the Met's 2003 exhibition "Leonardo da Vinci, Master Draftsman." He confirmed that the pen-and-ink inscribed optical studies on the reverse side and how the writing was consistent in both double-sided drawings.