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NEW YORK - A small painting by Sandro Botticelli sold at Sotheby's in New York on Thursday for $92.2 million, an auction record for the Renaissance master.T
NEW YORK: 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.
Portrait by Renaissance master sells for $92 million in New York
The painting is one of just three Sandro Botticelli portraits in private hands by the artist best known for “The Birth of Venus and “Primavera.” Author: Associated Press Updated: 4:18 AM EST January 29, 2021
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A small painting by Sandro Botticelli sold at Sotheby s in New York on Thursday for $92.2 million, an auction record for the Renaissance master.
The work, “Young Man Holding a Roundel,” from about 1475, depicts a young nobleman holding a round painting of a saint. It is one of just three portraits in private hands by the artist best known for “The Birth of Venus and “Primavera.”