Cécile Bernard, head of Old Master and 19th Century Paintings at Christie’s France and Olivier Lefeuvre, senior specialist, discuss the recent rediscovery of a masterpiece in oil by Louis XIV’s favoured artist Charles Le Brun, The Sacrifice of Polyxena (1647), in the ‘Coco Chanel Suite’ at the Ritz Hotel in Paris.
This painting will be offered in the upcoming Old Master and 19th Century Paintings Auction on 15 April 2013 at Christie’s Paris.