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Vaux-le-Vicomte launches a subscription to buy a tapestry

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This tapestry has finally been acquired by the Louvre (see [news item of 13/10/23->11027). The fundraising money should be used to acquire another work for the château.

6/10/23 - Crowfunding and Art Market - Vaux le Vicomte and Paris - How to retain Spring? The Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte is launching a crowfunding (from this page), in collaboration with the Sauvegarde de l’art français, to purchase a tapestry from the Gardener Children hanging. The work belongs to the Galerie Chevalier, which has entrusted Alexandre Giquello and Violette Stcherbatcheff with the task of selling its collection of antique tapestries (see news item of 19/9/23). Enthusiasts, collectors and museum curators are flocking to Drouot, where pieces from the 17th-century to the 18th-century are on display today and next Monday, prior to their sale on Tuesday 10 October.


After Charles Lebrun (1619-1690),
Spring
Tapestry from the Manufacture Royale des Gobelins
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