Chatsworth to sell Raphael drawing

September 4 2012

Picture: Sotheby's/Bloomberg

Bloomberg reports that the Duke of Devonshire is to sell a Raphael drawing and two illuminated manuscripts this December. The sales will take place at Sotheby's in London, where the Duke is also Deputy Chairman. The drawing is a study for an Apostle in Raphael's Transfiguration [Vatican]. The estimate will be £10-15m.

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