Louvre Acquires Kitchen Cimabue?
October 24 2023
Picture: oisehebdo.fr
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
A French news outlet have published a piece speculating that the Louvre are about to announce their acquisition of the rare Cimabue which was discovered in a French kitchen back in 2019. The work was eventually sold at the Hotel des Ventes de Senlis for €24.18m, where it was reportedly purchased by the American collectors Alvaro Saieh and Ana Guzmán but immediately declared a national treasure by the French State.
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