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Family unknowingly had rare, valuable painting for 150 years
A painting hanging in a French family's living room turned out to be far more valuable than just another trinket or heirloom.
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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 ...
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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
Hôtel Drouot The 24-by-20-inch canvas depicts seven lions lounging “in a palette of ochres and deep browns,” according to a statement from Hôtel Drouot, an auction house in Paris.
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Family unknowingly had rare, valuable painting for 150 years
The family obtained the oil-on-canvas artwork, titled “Études de lions couchés” (study of reclining lions), at a sale after Delacroix’s death. According to auctioneer who made the ...
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The Lion Painting Hanging in a Family’s Living Room? It Was a Rare Delacroix All Along
The work, titled Study of Reclining Lions, captures seven lions in various ... in museums rather than private collections. And for the art world, it’s a reminder that masterpieces can sometimes ...