UK buyer wins as €1.8m Meynier resurfaces

A rediscovered neoclassical painting by Charles Meynier somersaulted nine times over its estimate to sell for €1.8m (£1.57m) at a sale in Nantes.

Seven bidders pursued it with a British buyer winning at €2.23m including premium.

Meynier (1768-…

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