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Botticelli masterpiece sells for $92m at US auction

Botticelli masterpiece sells for $92m at US auction

Sold for $92 million — Sandro Botticelli’s “Young Man Holding a Roundel” pictured at Sotheby’s in New York City.

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.

“Young Man Holding a Roundel,” believed to have been painted in the 1470s or 1480s, is considered one of Botticelli’s finest portraits and is the highlight of Sotheby’s Masters Week sale.

“This Botticelli is so much more spectacular…

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