Raphael drawing found in drawer

A sketch by Renaissance artist Raphael has been discovered in a London home and will be sold at a Sotheby’s auction July 8.

Cristiana Romalli, a Sotheby’s Old Masters expert, discovered the unsigned drawing, titled “Head of a Child,” tucked into a folder of Italian sketches. The folder of minor drawings had been kept in the back of a drawer at the home.

Sotheby’s said that residents of the home may have bought the sketch as collectors in the 19th century, and their descendants probably lost track of its significance.