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Douai gets a portrait by Brenet
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- 1. Nicolas-Guy Brenet (1728-1792)
Portrait de Charlotte Herts, 1770
Huile sur toile - 78,5 x 67 cm
Douai, Musée de la Chartreuse
Photo : Delon/Hoebanx & Associés - See the image in its page
17/10/23 - Acquisition - Douai, Musée de la Chartreuse - On 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her very recent monograph on Nicolas-Guy Brenet, and took the opportunity to unveil three paintings that had remained unpublished at the time of Arthena’s publication of this work based on her doctoral thesis, defended in January 2022. One of them - sold by Delon/Hoebanx & Associés at Hôtel Drouot last Thursday - could not fail to attract the attention of the Musée de la Chartreuse de Douai, since it is the portrait (ill. 1) of a well-known…
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