Rare Rousseau portrait goes under the hammer at Lyon & Turnbull in London

A rediscovered portrait of Enlightenment thinker Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-78) is offered at a Lyon & Turnbull auction in London this month.

The portrait, by French artist François Guérin (fl.1751-91), shows the political philosopher seated …

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