£5m Michelangelo drawing at Christies

June 1 2011

Image of £5m Michelangelo drawing at Christies

Picture: Christie's

Christies will offer this drawing by Michelangelo, a preparatory study for the abandoned Battle of Cascina fresco, on 5th July. The upper estimate is £5m. Lovely - but a lot of money for a fragmentary sketch.

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