Monuments Men Largillierre Soars
November 22 2024
Picture: Christie's
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
There were some rather strong and encouraging prices achieved in last night's Maîtres Anciens : Peintures - Dessins - Sculptures sale at Christie's Paris. Amongst them was this splendid Nicolas de Largillierre (pictured), which features within a famous photograph showing the Monuments Men with recaptured Nazi loot. In this case, the painting had been taken by the Nazis from one branch of the famous Rothschild family, and was eventually restituted to them in 1946. It was later subsequently sold at auction in 1978.
The painting realised 529,900 EUR over its 50k - 80k EUR estimate in last night's sale.
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