One of the most significant drawings by Italian master Raphael in private hands sold for $47.8 million (29.7 million pounds) in London Wednesday, smashing pre-sale estimates for the black chalk work.

A 16th-century drawing by Italian Renaissance artist Raphael is estimated to fetch between $16 million and $24 million when it goes on auction in December, according to Sotheby's.

A young lad dressed in a cap and pointed slippers sits hunched over a sheet of paper at work on a drawing. Beside him a dog ...

LONDON -- One of the greatest drawings by Renaissance master Raphael still in private hands sold for 29.7 million pounds ($47.9 million) on Wednesday, an auction record for the artist in sterling ...

LONDON, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- "Head of a Muse," a 16th-century drawing by Raphael, was sold at a London auction this week for $48 million, Christie's said. The work was expected to go for up to $26 ...

A drawing by the Italian Renaissance artist Raphael has sold for $47.8 million at an auction. The work, titled “Head of a Young Apostle,” was featured in a Sotheby’s auction in London on ...

The Raphael drawing is a preparatory study for a section of the Battle of the Milvian Bridge fresco in the Hall of Constantine at the Vatican.

ROME — The paintings, drawings, tapestries and sketches in the most ambitious exhibition of Renaissance superstar Raphael’s works are collectively insured for 4 billion euros ($4.4 billion ...

It’s every collector’s dream: To discover that a piece thought to be the work of a minor artist is really by one of the greatest figures in art history.That is what has happened at the Art ...

Raphael, Saint George and the Dragon with the painting on view. Courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Washington. Raphael, The Madonna and Child with Saint John the Baptist (ca. 1507).

A detail from Raphael’s The Three Graces, c.1517–18 - Royal Collection Trust A young lad dressed in a cap and pointed slippers sits hunched over a sheet of paper at work on a drawing. Beside ...