The Sotheby?s Masters Week Sale Presents Sandro Botticelli?s Young Man Holding a Roundel
The Young Man Holding a Roundel by Sandro Botticelli makes art market history as one of the most significant portraits, of any period, ever to appear at auction.
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SANDRO BOTTICELLI, PRIMAVERA, LATE 1470S / EARLY 1480S
It was in Early Renaissance Italy that portraits of notable individuals first came to be considered high art. This movement was led by Florentine master Sandro Botticelli, an Italian painter with a posthumous reputation of depicting his subjects with unprecedented directness and insight. Highly revered and tirelessly sought out by the richest of patrons for commissions that only they could afford, Sandro Botticelli has earned his place in history for creating some of the most arresting and penetrating portraits Western Art has ever seen. The Sotheby?s Masters Week Sale Presents Sandro Botticelli’s Young Man Holding a Roundel
Sandro Botticelli – Young Man Holding a Roundel
Of the hundreds, perhaps thousands, of work Sandro Botticelli ever created, only around a dozen examples have survived today, and almost all of them, now reside in major museum collections. Providing enthusiasts all around the world with a rare opportunity to own a piece of Botticelli?s finest portraits, Young Man Holding a Roundel, Sotheby?s will present its annual Masters Week sales series in New York in January 2021.
Sandro Botticelli – Young Man ...
The post The Sotheby?s Masters Week Sale Presents Sandro Botticelli’s Young Man Holding a Roundel appeared first on LUXUO.
SANDRO BOTTICELLI, PRIMAVERA, LATE 1470S / EARLY 1480S
It was in Early Renaissance Italy that portraits of notable individuals first came to be considered high art. This movement was led by Florentine master Sandro Botticelli, an Italian painter with a posthumous reputation of depicting his subjects with unprecedented directness and insight. Highly revered and tirelessly sought out by the richest of patrons for commissions that only they could afford, Sandro Botticelli has earned his place in history for creating some of the most arresting and penetrating portraits Western Art has ever seen. The Sotheby?s Masters Week Sale Presents Sandro Botticelli’s Young Man Holding a Roundel
Sandro Botticelli – Young Man Holding a Roundel
Of the hundreds, perhaps thousands, of work Sandro Botticelli ever created, only around a dozen examples have survived today, and almost all of them, now reside in major museum collections. Providing enthusiasts all around the world with a rare opportunity to own a piece of Botticelli?s finest portraits, Young Man Holding a Roundel, Sotheby?s will present its annual Masters Week sales series in New York in January 2021.
Sandro Botticelli – Young Man ...
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