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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
Titled "Study of Reclining Lions," the previously unknown work by the renowned French Romantic painter has been owned by a ...
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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 ...
Painting Hung in Family Home for 150 Years—Then They Discovered Its Value
The piece, titled Study of Reclining Lions, had been in the same family's possession for 150 years since the posthumous sale of the artist's studio in 1864. The work is set to go to auction where it ...
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Family unknowingly had rare, valuable painting for 150 years
the family wasn’t sure that it was a Delacroix. The existence of the painting was “previously unknown,” auction house Hotel Drouot says. “Études de lions couchés” by Eugene DELACROIX ...
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The Lion Painting Hanging in a Family’s Living Room? It Was a Rare Delacroix All Along
One family in the region had an original Eugéne ... While the artist produced numerous ink sketches of lions, oil paintings like this one are exceedingly rare. For collectors of Delacroix ...