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德国文艺复兴时期画作被卖30美元，价值却超一千万
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A 16th century drawing by one of the key figures of the German Renaissance has been valued in excess of $10 million after it was initially purchased at a yard sale for just $30 in 2017. According to Agnews Gallery—the London auction house in possession of the artwork—Albrecht Dürer, who died in 1528, is regarded as both the greatest German artist of his time and as one of the most important artists and intellectuals of the European Renaissance. The drawing that has been rediscovered is titled “The Virgin and Child”. As Dürer’s career and legacy has been studied in depth since his death, it is extremely rare to find unknown works of his.
Boston-based art collector Clifford Schorer, who is a consultant to the gallery, added Thursday that he came across the rare artwork, thought to have been completed in 1503, by chance on the way to a party in Massachusetts in 2019. He had forgotten to bring a gift to the party and so went to a bookstore, which sold collectable volumes. The bookseller told him his friend had a Dürer drawing and asked if he would take a look at it. Schorer agreed, but held out little hope.
The artwork had been purchased at a yard sale at the home of an architect who had been gifted the piece from his art dealer father, Schorer said. “Generally speaking it’s an inverse(反向的) relationship between how dramatic the claim is and how much of a let down it is. For example if someone tells me they have a Leonardo da Vinci, I’m usually pretty confident I’m going to see some images that are unimpressive,” Schorer said.
But when he arrived to examine the artwork weeks later, he was taken aback by its quality. “It was like experiencing a kind of electricity. When you’re in my world you spend your life looking for unknown things that lead to fascinating research avenues... and I could see I was at the beginning of something extremely exciting,” Schorer said.
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