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Jean-Bernard Restout’s portrait of the sculptor Houdon goes for €204,800 at Drouot

Published on , by La Gazette Drouot

Ader’s sale of the Biron collection was kicked off to a good start on January 29 by a portrait of the great French neoclassical sculptor, famed for his busts of important figures of the Enlightenment. The painting, on its original oval canvas, smashed its estimate to achieve €204,800.