Spain blocks export of painting thought to be a lost Caravaggio

Crowning with Thorns was due to be sold by auction in Madrid on Thursday with guide price of €1,500Before it was pulled from sale, lot 229, a small but luminous oil painting of the scourged Christ attributed to the circle of the 17th century Spanish artist José de Ribera, was due to go under the hammer in Madrid on Thursday with a guide price of €1,500 (£1,300).Closer inspection, however, has raised suspicions that the Crowing with Thorns may be the rather more valuable wo