A drawing of a bear by Leonardo da Vinci is expected to fetch up to £12 million at auction.
The picture, titled Head Of A Bear, is being sold in London by the Christie’s auction house.
It will go on display in New York and Hong Kong before being auctioned.
It is expected to fetch between £8 million and £12 million, according to Christie’s.
Ben Hall, old master paintings chairman at Christie’s New York, described the drawing as “one of the most important works from the Renaissance still in private hands”.
He added: “The work has been owned by some of the most distinguished collectors in the field of old masters across many centuries, not least the present owner who has owned it since 2008.
Head of a Bear is to be sold in London in July by Christieâs auction house
Head of a Bear by Leonardo da Vinci. Photograph: Christieâs/PA
Head of a Bear by Leonardo da Vinci. Photograph: Christieâs/PA
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Sat 8 May 2021 08.38 EDT
First published on Sat 8 May 2021 07.15 EDT
A drawing of a bear by Leonardo da Vinci is expected to fetch up to £12m at auction.
The picture, titled Head of a Bear, is being sold in London by Christieâs. It will go on display in New York and Hong Kong before being auctioned and is expected to fetch between £8m and £12m, according to the auction house.
Updated / Saturday, 8 May 2021
16:14
The picture, titled Head Of A Bear, is being sold in London by Christie s auction house
A drawing of a bear by Leonardo da Vinci is expected to fetch up to €13.8 million at auction.
The picture, titled Head Of A Bear, is being sold in London by the Christie s auction house.
It will go on display in New York and Hong Kong before being auctioned.
It is expected to fetch between £8 million and £12 million (€9.2 million and €13.8 million) according to Christie s.
Ben Hall, old master paintings chairman at Christie s New York, described the drawing as one of the most important works from the Renaissance still in private hands .
Titled Head Of A Bear , the sketch could break the record for a da Vinci drawing
The piece of art is a small silverpoint drawing on a pink-beige paper of a bear
It will lead the auction house s Exceptional Sale on July 8 after going on display
In 2017, da Vinci s Salvator Mundi sold at Christie s in NYC for $450.3 million
A rare Leonardo da Vinci drawing heads to auction
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A rare Leonardo da Vinci drawing heads to auction.. Image Source: IANS News
May 8, New Delhi : Titled Head of a Bear , a rare drawing by Italian polymath and Mona Lisa creator Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) will be on auction in London on July 8. This penetrating study of a bears head is one of less than eight surviving drawings by Leonardo da Vinci known to be in private hands outside the Royal Collection and the Devonshire Collections at Chatsworth.
It is estimated to fetch between £8,000,000-12,000,000, which converts to approximately Rs 82 crores - Rs 122 crores.