{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"La Tribune de l’Art","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.latribunedelart.com","title":"The Louvre buys a drawing by Jacques Bellange","author_name":"Didier Rykner","width":"800","height":"600","url":"https:\/\/www.latribunedelart.com\/the-louvre-buys-a-drawing-by-jacques-bellange","html":"\u003Ch4 class='title'\u003E\u003Ca href='https:\/\/www.latribunedelart.com\/the-louvre-buys-a-drawing-by-jacques-bellange'\u003EThe Louvre buys a drawing by Jacques Bellange\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cblockquote class='spip'\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis is certainly one of the most beautiful sheets by Jacques Bellange to reappear on the market in recent years, and we mentioned it in article on the Christie\u2019s sale on 20 March 2024. The Mus\u00e9e du Louvre wisely exercised its right of preemption to snatch it back at the last minute from the winning bidder, who had nonetheless won it after a bidding battle that went up to \u20ac252,000 (including costs) for a very modest estimate of \u20ac30-50,000.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n"}