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Rare Michelangelo drawing could fetch €30mn in Paris sale

Stijn Alsteens, Christie's International Head of Department, Old Master Drawings, poses with the drawing "A nude young man (after Masaccio) surrounded by two figures" by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) before its auction at Christie's auction house in Paris, France, on Tuesday. (Photo: Reuters)

PARIS: A drawing by Michelangelo, discovered in 2019, will be offered for sale next month by Christie's and could fetch €30 million (US$33 million), the British auction house said on Tuesday.

The drawing, one of the few works of the Renaissance Italian artist in private hands, was sold in 1907 in Paris and billed as a work of the school of Michelangelo. It was largely forgotten until 2019, when a Christie's specialist recognised it as one of Michelangelo's own.

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