サザビーズのインスタグラム(sothebys) - 2月7日 21時07分

This captivating, and extraordinarily rare Renaissance portrait by Piero del Pollaiuolo is coming to auction hot on the heels of last week’s record-breaking sale of Sandro Botticelli’s ‘Portrait of a Young Man Holding a Roundel’. The two remarkable Renaissance masterpieces once hung side by side in the same collection – that of Thomas Ralph Merton – the first scientist to be employed by the British secret service, and the original ‘Q’ of MI6.

As well as being a distinguished physicist whose accomplishments included the identification of secret writing used by German agents during the war, Merton was also a keen art collector who amassed an enviable collection of Renaissance masterworks.

Pollaiuolo’s ‘Portrait of a Youth’ - the only known portrait by the artist left in private hands – will star in our cross-category Evening sale in London on March 25th.

Swipe across to see the two masterpieces reunited in our New York galleries.

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