Painting that hung in servants’ quarters at Welsh mansion for years is masterpiece worth £67m

Portrait that hung for years in servants’ quarters of Welsh mansion then sold for ‘a few shillings’ as job lot with other paintings… is identified as Botticelli masterpiece worth £67MILLION Portrait of a Young Man Holding a Roundel went under the hammer at Sotheby’s auction in New York and sold to Russian clients for a … Read more

Portrait by Sandro Botticelli sells for £67m – a record for the artist – at online Sotheby’s auction

Rare 15th-century portrait by Italian renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli sells for £67m – a record for the artist – at online Sotheby’s auction Young Man Holding a Roundel from 1470s or 1480s, is one of Botticelli’s finest A buyer through London beat New York bidders to get 23-inch by 15.5-inch piece It shows a man … Read more