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Sandro Botticelli’s “Study for a Seated St Joseph, his Head Resting on his Right Hand”

by Alexander Forbes July 10, 2014

Sandro Botticelli’s Study for a Seated St Joseph, his Head Resting on his Right Hand (est. 1–1.5 million) sold for £1,314,500 ($2,252,922), making it the most expensive drawing by the artist ever to sell at auction. The previous high result was achieved for the same drawing at Sotheby’s New York in 1988, at which time Barbara Piasecka Johnson paid $88,000.
Photo: Sotheby’s

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