Delacroix Oil Study Discovered in Living Room of French Home, Estimated at $325 K.

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The work discovered in France, an unusual oil study by the French painter, depicts seven resting lions and will be auctioned in Paris at the end of March.

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Painting by French Romantic Eugène Delacroix found in a house in Tours

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A study in oil, by the French Romantic painter Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863) was discovered by chance in a house near Tours and will be sold at auction in Paris this month, as was made known by the appraiser who found the painting. “The painting was hung in the living room of the family home,” appraiser Malo de Lussac said, confirming a report by local newspaper La Nouvelle Republique. “The owners were not sure it was Delacroix's work. When I wal…

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Delacroix Oil Study Discovered in Living Room of French Home, Estimated at $325 K.

An oil study depicting a lion has officially been attributed to Eugène Delacroix, a key figure of the Romanticist movement of the 19th century, and will now head to sale in France. The Daguerre Val de Loire auction house announced the attribution this week, saying that the owners of the oil study didn’t previously know that they held a Delacroix. The study now could sell for as much as $325,800. According to auctioneer Malo de Lussac, the st…