Bernini drawing sets auction record

An Old Master drawing by the Italian Baroque sculptor, architect and artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) sold for a hammer price of €1.55m (£1.34m) at an auction in Compiègne in France.

The price far outstripped the estimate of €30,000-50,000 and set an auction record for a work on p…

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