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The sketch is actually a hitherto unknown 16th-century work by German Renaissance artist Albrecht Durer.
According to accounts, it was first purchased in 2017 at a yard sale. Agnews Gallery, a London-based auction house, presently owns the work of art.
Dürer was regarded as one of the most important figures of the German Renaissance and the greatest artist of his time when he died in 1529.
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Clifford Schorer, a Boston-based art collector and gallery consultant, was the one who initially discovered the artwork in a Massachusetts bookstore in 2019.
According to accounts, the proprietor of the bookstore had requested that he examine the drawing that his friend had purchased. After thinking that the drawing might be an original by Durer, the bookstore sold it to Schorer.
After learning that the drawing was sold by an architect who had got it from his father’s art dealer, Schorer expressed his skepticism regarding its validity.