New Acquisition at the Met
November 4 2011
Picture: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
A panel by Hans Schaufelein, a pupil of Albrecht Durer, has been bought by the Met in New York. The picture was a last minute spot by Keith Christiansen, Chairman of European Paintings at the Met, when viewing Sotheby's summer Old Master sales in London. It was bought with the help of New York dealer Otto Naumann. At auction the picture fetched $4.38 million. More details here.
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