Entertainment
Botticelli painting called Young Man Holding a Roundel sells for $120 million at Sotheby’s auction – ABC News
A small painting by Sandro Botticelli sells at auction for $120 million, a record for the Renaissance master and the second-highest price for any Old Master painting….
A small painting by Sandro Botticelli has sold at auction for $120 million, a record for the Renaissance master.
- The work titled Young Man Holding a Roundel is one of only about a dozen of Botticelli’s portraits known to have survived
- Sotheby’s said it was one of the most significant portraits of any period ever to appear at auction
- It was last purchased for $1.7 million at a 1982 auction in the United Kingdom
The work titled Young Man Holding a Roundel is one of roughly a dozen of his portraits known…
Continue Reading
-
Noosa News17 hours agoBrisbane vs Collingwood live blog: Richmond selects Noah Balta as unbeaten Lions prepare for Magpies test
-
General23 hours agoMinecraft mayhem: ‘Chicken jockey’ chaos reaches Australian cinemas
-
General15 hours agoNT Coalition candidate Lisa Siebert diverges from Jacinta Nampijinpa Price on royal commission call
-
General17 hours agoCanberra man named as doctor accused of rape after suppression order lifted