Rare Michelangelo Drawing Could Fetch 30 Million Euros in Paris Sale

Rare Michelangelo Drawing Could Fetch 30 Million Euros in Paris Sale
A Christie's employee installs the drawing "A nude young man (after Masaccio) surrounded by two figures" by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564) before its auction at Christie's auction house in Paris, on April 5, 2022. Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters
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PARIS—A drawing by Michelangelo, discovered in 2019, will be offered for sale next month by Christie’s and could fetch 30 million euros ($33 million), the British auction house said on Tuesday.

The drawing, one of the few works of the Renaissance Italian artist in private hands, was sold in 1907 in Paris and billed as a work of the school of Michelangelo. It was largely forgotten until 2019, when a Christie’s specialist recognized it as one of Michelangelo’s own.