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Long-lost French old master painting spent decades unnoticed on family’s living room wall (www.connexionfrance.com)

by What a Find April 6, 2021, 1:21 pm

A painting by French artist Jean-Honoré Fragonard not seen in over two centuries has been discovered in eastern France and will be put up for auction with a value of 1.5 million euros.

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Long-lost French old master painting spent decades unnoticed on family’s living room wall (www.connexionfrance.com)

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