Rare Botticelli under the hammer in New York, one year after record sale price

Rare Botticelli under the hammer in New York, one year after record sale price

NEW YORK: A rare Botticelli painting depicting Jesus Christ will go up for auction on Thursday at Sotheby’s in New York, a year after a record $92 million was paid for a work by the Italian Renaissance master.

While the majority of works by Sandro Botticelli, such as the famous “Allegory of Spring” or “Birth of Venus”, are on display at the Uffizi gallery in Florence, pieces…