Record Raphael

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• Filed under: Horse Racing News, Horse Racing Results, Horse Racing Tips
• Date: Oct 20,2009

Christie’s is selling a Raphael drawing, one of that has been in private hands for 150 years, in its December 8th Old Master sale in London. The drawing is estimated at £12-16m, well above the record price achieved for an Old Master drawing. The FT explains why: The compelling 12 in high (30.5cm) black chalk “Head of a Muse” is a study for a figure in the “Parnassus”, one of the series of four frescoes in the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican commissioned by Pope Julius II in 1508. I