Michelangelo naked man sketch fetches record breaking sum at Paris auction


18/05/2022

A sketch by Michelangelo sold for a record-breaking amount at an auction in Paris on Wednesday.

The Italian master's A4 drawing of a naked man fetched €23 million ($24 million) at the Christie's Paris auction house.

Dating from the end of the 15th century, it depicts a naked man standing, with two other figures in the background, in pen and brown ink.

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