Alexandre Lafore
Articles
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A sumptuous "classic week" at Christie’s in ParisShould this be seen as a tribute to the famous Rothschild taste, to which the auction house strives to pay homage? Christie’s seems to have opted for accumulation, compiling up to seven (!) sales…
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Two paintings by Jacques Dumont le Romain for VersaillesIf there will probably never be an exhibition devoted to Marie-Josèphe de Saxe (1731-1767), it’s not just because she never ascended the throne : the mother of the last three kings of France was…
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A new Chardin soon at the LouvreNever two without three? This formula rarely works for the beloved ’French national treasures’, who have all too often got into the habit of taking flight abroad, but both the Musée du Louvre and…
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Cimabue’s panel finally acquired for the LouvreHonour to the regional daily press: it was Oise Hebdo that had the luxury of announcing the arrival in the French collections of the now famous panel by Cimabue discovered during an inventory in…
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A pastel by Alexandre Hesse for LyonWhile the dozens of sheets assembled during the Salon du Dessin were eagerly flown to faraway lands, others were content with a more modest journey, and thus the splendid Head of an Oriental by…
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A masterpiece by Victor Hugo enters the LouvreIt is a majestic, mythical and major sheet - accumulation is possible here - that has recently joined the French collections after more than three years of suspense leading to fears that it would…
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A masterpiece by Émile Bernard for the Musée d’OrsaySome collections appear to be inexhaustible, despite decades of varied sales: Christie’s was thus able to play it safe by announcing yet more Josefowitz sales this autumn, several years after the…
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Two drawings by Honthorst acquired by the British MuseumAll lovers of old master drawings will remember the exceptional set of twenty-seven sheets by Gerrit van Honthorst that were the subject of an exhibition at Nicolas Schwed almost nine years ago,…
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A Dandré-Bardon for MontpellierIt was a highly attractive image that made a long-awaited reappearance at Delon/Hoebanx & Associés at Hôtel Drouot on Thursday 12 October: this painting by Michel-François Dandré-Bardon,…
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Douai gets a portrait by BrenetOn 25 September this year, art historian Marie Fournier gave a talk presenting her very recent monograph on Nicolas-Guy Brenet, and took the opportunity to unveil three paintings that had…
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