The Andrea del Sarto chalk portrait drawing sold for €3.2m (£2.68m) at Gestas Carrère in Pau.
A REDISCOVERED chalk portrait by Andrea d’Angiolo, known as Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530), has set a record for any Old Master drawing sold at auction in France (left).
The 9 × 7in (23 × 18cm) black and red chalk drawing of the head of a middle-aged man was knocked down at €3.2m (£2.68m) – more than six times the €500,000-600,000 estimate – at Gestas Carrère, a small firm in Pau.