 It has since remained in royal possession, and is today owned by Queen Elizabeth II.Kept in Hampton Court Palace, it was long believed to be a virtually worthless copy of a lost original, but after six years of restoration and examination the Royal Collection declared on 10 November 2006, that this was, in fact, an authentic Caravaggio.The verdict has been corroborated by external experts, and the painting is now probably worth more than £50 million.