"One of Artemisia Gentileschi's earliest self-portraits sold for a record $5.7m during its auction debut. Depicted as Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Gentileschi painted herself holding a martyr's palm leaf and wearing a crown and royal robes with a peek of a spiked wheel behind her. The winning bid far exceeded the painting's $2.5m to $3.5m estimate, and also surpassed the previous record for a Gentileschi work at auction, €4.8m at an Artcurial Paris sale in 2019."
"During Christie's Old Master and British Drawings sale on Thursday, a miniature drawing of a foot recently attributed to Michaelangelo sold for a record-breaking $27.2m with fees. The five-inch red chalk drawing is believed to be a study for the Sistine Chapel and is fresh to market, which likely helped it hop well above its $2m high estimate. The consignor is located in Northern California, and the drawing has been in his family since the late 18th century."
Christie's Old Masters sale in New York totaled $54.3m with fees, the highest for a New York sale in the category in over a decade. One of Artemisia Gentileschi's earliest self-portraits sold for a record $5.7m, far above estimate and exceeding her previous auction record of €4.8m. Canaletto's Venice, the Bucintoro at the Molo on Ascension Day (c.1754) fetched $30.5m. A five-inch red chalk foot study recently attributed to Michaelangelo sold for $27.2m fresh to market, from a Northern California consignor whose family owned it since the late 18th century. Rembrandt's Young Lion Resting sold at Sotheby's for $17.8m.
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