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Family unknowingly had rare, valuable painting for 150 years
According to auctioneer who made the discovery, Malo de Lussac, the family wasn’t sure that it was a Delacroix. The existence of the painting was “previously unknown,” auction house Hotel Drouot says.
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This Painting of Lounging Lions Was Hanging in a Family’s Living Room. It Turned Out to Be an Original Delacroix
Titled "Study of Reclining Lions," the previously unknown work by the renowned French Romantic painter has been owned by a family in France since the mid-1800s ...
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The Lion Painting Hanging in a Family’s Living Room? It Was a Rare Delacroix All Along
An original oil painting by Eugène Delacroix was hanging in French home for over 150 years—it's now expected to fetch $330,000 at auction.
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The total value of an artist’s artworks sold at auction over a specific period. This metric reflects the artist’s overall market activity and demand in monetary terms. The middle value of all realized ...
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Painting Hung in Family Home for 150 Years—Then They Discovered Its Value
Auctioneer Malo de Lussac stumbled on a true treasure: an original oil-on-canvas painting by Eugène Delacroix, one of France's greatest 19th-century Romantic artists. The piece, titled Study of ...