Raphael's Lorenzo De' Medici
Christie\'s London announced on May 21, 2007 that Lorenzo de\' Medici (1518), a portrait of sound provenance by renowned Italian Renaissance master Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael (1483-1520), will be available for purchase as part of its Important Old Master and British Pictures auction on Thursday, July 5, 2007. On display at the esteemed auction house\'s King Street salerooms, beginning June 30, will be Raphael\'s painting, one of a handful by the artist still privately held. Owned by Ira Spanierman since 1968, issues of the work\'s attribution to Raphael were tackled by Sir Charles Robinson (1824-1913) and firmly resolved in 1971 by the prolific Konrad Oberhuber, former director of Vienna\'s Albertina Museum. The masterpiece is expected to garner up to £15 million at auction. Lorenzo de\' Medici was last exhibited publicly more than 40 years ago.
Interest in Raphael\'s works and Medicean portraiture has escalated in the wake of three recent special exhibitions: Splendor of......
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