This rare Botticelli painting could sell for more than $40 million:
A painting of Jesus by Italian Renaissance master Sandro Botticelli, one of the artist’s later masterpieces and one of the last to remain in private hands, is expected to sell for more than $40 million when it goes on sale early next year, auction house Sotheby’s said.Key Facts
The painting is believed by art historians to date from between the late 15th and early 16th centuries—only three other Botticelli works completed after 1492 are known to be in private hands, Sotheby’s said.
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