Pick of the week: The bones of a fine Old Master drawing
A black chalk drawing of a skeleton drew an extraordinary competition at a German auction house Lempertz at the end of last month. Estimated at €3000-3500, it attracted at least 15 bidders and was eventually knocked down at €420,000 (£381,820) to a French dealer.
It was catalogued as ‘attributed to’ Agnolo di Cosimo (1503-1572), the Florentine mannerist known …