A painting valued at 12 million euros has been purchased by less than 1,000 euros. The story goes back to 2021, when a resident of Sabadell, heir to the patron and collector Joan Llonch, undersold the painting.Makeup Praise‘, by Edgar Degas, believing that it was a forgery.
The starting price put on the ‘Todocolección’ platform was one euro and it ended up being bought for 926. It was a collector from Barcelona who got the painting. Now, three years later, experts have determined that it is an original work by Edgar Degas.
A team of historians and experts have worked for months on its authentication process. “A piece like this, that has labels behind it, that has a historical provenance… I don’t understand this nonsense of getting it for little money.“acknowledges the contemporary art director of Subastas Fernando Durán, Kristian Leahy.
The work has been presented this week at the Madrid Athenaeum.
Source: Lasexta
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