Michaelangelo For Auction

Christie’s, New York will sell a study of a male torso by Michelangelo in New York in January. One of only a handful of Michelangelo drawings still in private ownership, this masterful art work offers collectors around the globe an extremely rare opportunity to own a masterpiece by one of the towering geniuses of Western Art. Expected to realize in the region of $4 million, this black chalk drawing has appeared on the open market only once before. On the death of its previous owner, part of the art collection was bought by the British Museum, but this drawing remained with the family. It reappeared for sale only in 1976, when it was bought by the current owner, a private art collector, for £178,200, setting a new world auction record for an Old Master Drawing. For the full story - click the title Irish Art