Outcry in Italy over sale of Renaissance papers | World news | guardian.co.uk

Outcry in Italy over sale of Renaissance papers | World news | guardian.co.uk: "The Italian government was today facing an outcry from art lovers and historians following the discovery that one of the most important archives of Renaissance documents had been sold to unidentified Russian buyers, reportedly for €150m (£138m).The collected papers of the artist, architect and writer Giorgio Vasari include his correspondence with five popes, his friend Michelangelo and the ruler of Florence, Cosimo I de' Medici. They also include Vasari's notes for his own works."

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