Grim news from Paris

July 10 2013

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Picture: Bridgeman Art Library

Paris' famous Hotel Lambert, home to art treasures such as Charles Le Brun's Hercules frescos, above, has been badly damaged by fire. As is so often the case, the building was being renovated at the time. 

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