The painting by Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510) 'Portrait of Michele Marullo Tarcaniota', owned by the Guardans-Cambó family of Barcelona and declared a "good of cultural interest" in 1988 will leave Spain to be sold by the Trinity Fine Art gallery on next October, during the Frieze Masters fair.

This has been announced by the gallery itself, which boasts of selling the latest 'botticelli' in private hands around the world . A fact that can cause astronomical figures in its commercialization. The painting, which reproduces the Greek poet and soldier Michele Marullo Tarcaniota (1453-1500), was exhibited at the Museo del Prado, as part of an assignment of the owner family, between 2004 and 2016.

The news has unleashed the alert among Spanish fans of Renaissance art, given the possibility that the painting will no longer be accessible in our country.

However, sources from the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports have wanted to point out that, although "the picture was declared BIC in 1988 and, therefore, it is inexportable ," it can also "leave Spain with a temporary export permit, like the one he has today. "

According to the ministry, "the owners of this painting are aware that the work is BIC and that this implies a limitation for its sale as it is included in that category." Thus, "they can offer it for sale, but the buyer will have to be aware that this painting will never be able to disassociate itself from Spain and will have to comply with all the requirements and guarantees that the regulations require for BICs."

The portrait of Marullo, one of the most prominent vates of the Greco-Roman current (helenos who wrote in Italian language) was made around the year 1490 and has passed from hand to hand since then. One of his last dated restorations took place at the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg (Russia), as evidenced by the inscription in Cyrillic located on the back of the canvas that attests to this performance on the work.

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