B otticelli’s 15th-century portrait of a nobleman in Young Man Holding a Roundel is the highlight of Sotheby’s Masters Week sale series in New York in January. “Young Man Holding a Roundel” was sold by Sotheby’s to a Russian-speaking collector during a live-streamed online sale, The Wall Street Journal reported. The painting will go on auction next year and art … Sotheby's Auction House says Sandro Botticelli's "Young Man Holding A Roundel" is now the most expensive work by the artist ever to appear at auction. Sotheby’s sold Young Man Holding a Roundel to an anonymous buyer during a virtual auction held in London, part of the auction house’s annual Masters Week, … The painting will go on auction next year and art … The mesmerizing portrait, titled Young Man Holding a Roundel, is expected to fetch more than US$80 million—the highest estimate ever placed on … "Young Man Holding a Roundel," believed to have been painted in the 1470s or 1480s, is considered one of Botticelli's finest portraits and is the highlight of Sotheby's Masters Week sale. Sandro Botticelli's 15th-century painting called "Young Man Holding a Roundel" is displayed at Sotheby's on Sept. 23, 2020, in New York. Source: Sotheby's Portrait of a Young Man Holding a Roundel eventually hammered on Jan. 28 for $80 million. Sotheby's said Young Man Holding a Roundel has been in the hands of the same owner since 1982, though the owner has loaned it out for display at museums such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art … "Young Man Holding a Roundel," believed to have been painted in the 1470s or 1480s, is considered one of Botticelli's finest portraits and is the highlight of Sotheby's Masters Week sale. Sandro Botticelli's 15th-century painting called "Young Man Holding a Roundel" is displayed at Sotheby's on Sept. 23, 2020, in New York. Art scholars were unaware of the painting's existence until it first appeared on the market in the early 20th century. Sandro Botticelli's 15th-century painting called "Young Man Holding a Roundel" is displayed at Sotheby's on Sept. 23, 2020, in New York. “Even contemporary art collectors can go for it,” said Orsi prior to the sale. Sandro Botticelli's 15th-century painting called "Young Man Holding a Roundel" is displayed at Sotheby's on Sept. 23, 2020, in New York. The painting, widely considered to be the finest Botticelli in private hands, was executed around 1480 and depicts an elegant young man lightly holding a roundel … The Renaissance artist’s “Young Man Holding a Roundel” is one of only around a dozen of his portraits known to survive today. The painting will go on auction next year and art watchers will be seeing if it fetches more than its eye-watering $80 million estimate, despite the … Believed to have been produced in the late 1470s or early 1480s, " A Very Modern Picture Sandro Botticelli’s Young Man Holding a Roundel , painted around 1480. It shows an unknown young man, likely a member of Florence's elite in the late 15th century, dressed in a simple tunic with a blue sky behind him and holding a roundel, or medallion. The painting will go on auction next year and art … The painting will go on auction next year and art watchers will be seeing if it fetches more than its eye-watering $80 million estimate, despite the … The painting by the Renaissance artist, titled Young Man Holding a Roundel, is one of only about a dozen of his portraits known to survive today. An ultra-rare portrait by the famed Italian painter Sandro Botticelli, called "Young Man Holding a Roundel," could fetch $80 million or more when it … Sandro Botticelli's 15th-century painting called "Young Man Holding a Roundel" is displayed at Sotheby's on Sept. 23, 2020, in New York. The … Botticelli's 15th-century portrait of a nobleman in Young Man Holding a Roundel is the highlight of Sotheby's Masters Week sale series in New York in January. The painting is one of just three Sandro Botticelli portraits in private hands by the artist best known for “The Birth of Venus" and “Primavera.” A closer view of Botticelli’s Young Man Holding a Roundel. “Young Man Holding a Roundel,” Botticelli’s 15th century portrait of a nobleman, is the highlight of Sotheby’s Masters Week sale series in New York in January.