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A copper by Lubin Baugin preempted by the Louvre
We were able to see the painting at the expert Éric Turquin’s, where it was presented before being sold in Toulouse last Thursday by SVV Fournié-Cortès. The work was unpublished, and according to the…
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A painting from Rembrandt’s entourage for the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm
Carel Fabritius ? Willem Drost ? Neither of these two painters, to whom it was successively attributed, is probably the author of this fascinating painting. It was therefore offered for sale in…
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A drawing attributed to Robert Lefèvre acquired by the Getty
We admired it last spring in the abundance of exhibitions in Parisian galleries, the large portrait attributed to Robert Lefèvre presented by Alexis Bordes has joined the Getty Museum. A fine…
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A painting by Gretchen Woodman Rogers for Washington
We underlined it again last autumn, the entry of works by women artists in its collections has been a priority axis of the acquisition policy of the National Gallery of Art in Washington in…
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A bust of Dumas by Fauginet offered by the Friends of the Louvre
The first Talabardon & Gautier sale, at Ader, Hôtel Drouot, went well this afternoon, with very few unsold items and many museum preemptions. We will be talking about this in the next few…
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The Evangeliary of Saint-Mihiel: a new defeat for French heritage
It is one of the most important medieval manuscripts in the world. The Evangeliary of Saint-Mihiel was classified as a national treasure on 1 March 2020. According to the opinion of the…
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A pair of paintings from Joseph Vernet’s studio acquired by Langres
As it prepares to celebrate its tenth anniversary on 1 April, the Maison des Lumières Denis Diderot in Langres is adding several new works to its collections. We will come back to each of them,…
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A masterpiece by Evaristo Baschenis joins the Accademia Carrara
It is an unforgettable painting that has finally reached the Bergamo collections, while its author was triumphing in Paris, where the Canesso Gallery dedicated a wonderful retrospective to him:…
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A new drawing by Victor Prouvé for Issy-les-Moulineaux
n the wake of the exhibition devoted to Victor Prouvé a few months ago (see article), the Musée français de la carte à jouer is adding a new sheet to its collection of works by the artist. Acquired…
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A post-Palissean cot for the Louvre Museum
The sale organized by Coutau-Bégarie & Associés at the Hôtel Drouot on February 23 was not only scrutinized by the Crozatier Museum, which took away an important Auvergne Mirgin and Child: a few…
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