PARIS, Could 18 (Reuters) – An ink drawing of a nude man by Michelangelo offered for greater than 23 million euros ($24.17 million)at public sale in Paris on Wednesday, public sale home Christie’s stated.
The work had been designated a French nationwide treasure, which barred it from being exported from the nation for 30 months. However the French authorities not too long ago eliminated the designation, permitting the drawing to be supplied with out restriction to collectors wherever on this planet.
The drawing, ‘A nude man (after Masaccio) and two figures behind him’, is considered considered one of Michelangelo’s early works, courting again to the late fifteenth century.
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The drawing, one of many few works of the Italian artist in personal palms, was offered in 1907 in Paris and billed as a piece of the college of Michelangelo. It was largely forgotten till 2019, when a Christie’s specialist recognised it as considered one of Michelangelo’s works.
The hammer got here down at a worth of 23,162,000 euros.
($1 = 0.9516 euros)
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Reporting by Lea Guedj; Enhancing by Richard Lough, Alexandra Hudson
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