Rare Renaissance Portrait Once Held in Same Collection as Record-Breaking Botticelli to Sell at Sotheby’s

A rare 15th-century Renaissance portrait by artist Piero del Pollaiuolo is set to go under the hammer during a cross-category auction at Sotheby’s in London on March 25. Portrait of a Youth depicts a young male sitter set against a blue sky background and is expected to fetch £4 million–£6 million ($5.5 million–$8.2 million). It will hit the block alongside Old Masters works and contemporary art.
The painting—the only known portrait by Pollaiuolo left in priva