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The Lion Painting Hanging in a Family’s Living Room? It Was a Rare Delacroix All Along
An original oil painting by Eugène Delacroix was hanging in French home for over 150 years—it's now expected to fetch ...
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This Painting of Lounging Lions Was Hanging in a Family's Living Room. It Turned Out to Be an Original Delacroix
French auctioneer Malo de Lussac was examining the contents of a property in France’s central region of Touraine when he came ...
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Forgotten Delacroix Painting, Hidden Away for Over 150 Years, Comes to Auction
Measuring two feet high, Study of Reclining Lions is estimated at €200,000 to €300,000 (about $217,000 to $326,000) and will go to the block March 28 at Hôtel Drouot, in Paris. It will be on ...
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The Lion Painting Hanging in a Family’s Living Room? It Was a Rare Delacroix All Along
It had been in the family since the 1860s. The work, titled Study of Reclining Lions, captures seven lions in various states of repose, with their muscular bodies and expressive faces rendered in ...