A painting depicting Jesus’ crucifixion rendered by Baroque master Peter Paul Rubens sold for nearly $3 million at an auction in Versailles Sunday after it was hidden for nearly four centuries.

The masterpiece was only recently uncovered in a private townhouse in Paris, just over 400 years since it was finished.

Rubens was best known for his other depictions of Jesus, namely “Christ on the Cross,” which shows the full scene of the crucifixion, complete with the two thieves flanking Jesus.

The newly discovered painting, though, is a solo portrait of Jesus before a particularly bleak background. Where “Christ on the Cross” places the viewer in the chaos of the crucifixion, the long-lost piece is isolated and appears more like an account of the aftermath after the crowd faded.

It sold for

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