Most expensive drawing by an Old Master sold at auction

Most expensive drawing by an Old Master sold at auction
Who
Raphael
What
29200000 UK pound(s) sterling
Where
United Kingdom ()
When

The most expensive drawing by an Old Master is the 'Head of a Muse' by Raphael (1483-1520) which sold for £29,200,000 ($47,788,400), on 9 December 2009 at Christie's, London, UK.

Head of a Muse was drawn by Raphael as a study for a figure in Parnassus, one of the series of four frescoes in the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican which was commissioned by Pope Julius II.