A rare Renaiss-ance black chalk drawing by Italian painter Raphael estimated at £10-15 million will go under the hammer here. The drawing Head of an Apostle has been a part of Devonshire collection at Chatsworth for centuries and is to be sold at Sotheby’s in December, the Guardian reported.
A similar Raphael drawing Head of a Muse had sold at Christie’s in 2009 for £29.2 million. Raphael, an Italian painter and architect of the high renaissa-nce along with Michelang-elo and Leonardo da Vinci is considered the trinity of that period.
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Eighth Islamic Film Festival opens in Kazan
Kazan: Forty feature and documentary films produced in 28 countries of Europe, Asia, Africa and America will be screened at the 8th International Islamic Film Festival that opens here.
“The festival’s motto is ‘Towards Culture of the Dialog through the Dialog of Cultures’,” organising committee member Guzel Nigmatullina told Itar-Tass. The films were selected out of 300 works this year.
The festival that begins on Thursday will comprise the Days of Modern Iranian Films, the Days of US Documentaries, master classes and roundtables.
— Itar-Tass