Epic Battle

Result EUR2,232,000

Published on 01 April 2018, by Philippe Dufour

Auction on 27 March 2018 - 14:00 (CEST) - 8-10, rue Miséricorde - 44000 Nantes

This "Départ de Télémaque" by Charles Meynier with its highly dramatic staging set off by skilful lighting, astonished its many admirers by garnering €2,232,000: nearly nine times its initial estimate of €150,000/250,000! The Ivoire-Couton-Veyrac-Jamault auction house posted this world record for the artist in Nantes on...

Charles Meynier (1768-1832),"Télémaque, pressé par Mentor" (Telemachus leaving Calypso's... Epic Battle

Charles Meynier (1768-1832),"Télémaque, pressé par Mentor" (Telemachus leaving Calypso's island), Year VIII (1800), oil on canvas, 154 x 203 cm.

Result: €2,232,000

This "Départ de Télémaque" by Charles Meynier with its highly dramatic staging set off by skilful lighting, astonished its many admirers by garnering €2,232,000: nearly…

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