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Botticelli 'masterpiece' expected to top $80 mn at Sotheby's sale AFP 1/28/2021 AFP © Cindy Ord Sandro Botticelli's "Young Man Holding a Roundel" pictured at Sotheby's in New York City on January 22, 2021 in New York City A portrait by Italian renaissance artist Sandro Botticelli is expected to sell for more than $80 million when it goes up for auction at Sotheby's in New York on Thursday. "Young Man Holding a Roundel," believed to have been painted in the 1470s or 1480s, is considered one of Botticelli's finest portraits and is the highlight of Sotheby's Masters Week sal...

BBC News Published image copyrightReuters image captionYoung Man Holding a Roundel sold at a Sotheby's auction in New York on Thursday A portrait by Sandro Botticelli has sold for $92m (£67m) at auction, breaking a new record for the Italian renaissance painter. Young Man Holding a Roundel is believed to have been painted in the 1470s or 1480s and is considered one of Botticelli's finest portraits. It sold on Thursday at a Sotheby's auction in New York. The sale marks the first major indicator of the state of the art market this year. Prior to its sale, questions hung over the willingness of...

Rare Botticelli portrait sold for record $92 million Sotheby's in New York auctioned off a 15th-century masterpiece, the Botticelli painting "Young Man Holding a Roundel," smashing the record price for the artist. The painting was the highlight of the annual Masters Week sales series in New York The art world held its breath as Sandro Botticelli's Young Man Holding a Roundel went on auction at Sotheby'sin New York on January 28. The painting that has been shown in leading museums worldwide over the past decades was valued at about €66 million ($80 million).  Sotheby's said the final ...

Share The piece shows a man in his late teenage years with long golden hair sitting holding a disc featuring a bearded saint. The roundel, which depicts the saint with his right hand raised, is an original 14th-century artwork attributed to Sienese painter Bartolommeo Bulgarini. Art historians suspect the Botticelli depicts a nobleman proudly showing off the earlier artwork. Botticelli: The 'little barrel' who painted The Birth of Venus  Florentine painter Sandro Botticelli Sandro Botticelli was born Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi, the son of a tanner. He became known as Botticelli - which ...

Botticelli masterpiece sells for $92 mn at US auction Issued on: 28/01/2021 - 17:24 3 min New York (AFP) A portrait by Italian renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli sold for $92 million at a Sotheby's auction in New York Thursday, smashing the record price for the artist. "Young Man Holding a Roundel," believed to have been painted in the 1470s or 1480s, is considered one of Botticelli's finest portraits and is the highlight of Sotheby's Masters Week sale. "This Botticelli is so much more spectacular in every way than anything we've seen coming to the market," Christopher Apostle, Sotheby's...