Paris Under the Hammer: A Highly-Acclaimed 12th Sale

Result EUR41,712

Published on 15 April 2022, by Anne Doridou-Heim

Auction on 05 April 2022 - 13:30 (CEST) - Salle 5-6 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009

This was a fine harvest, with many pieces of the City of Paris's heritage safeguarded, now joining public institutions and private collections.

Victor Baltard (1806-1874), two medallions from the pediment of the monumental door... Paris Under the Hammer: A Highly-Acclaimed 12th Sale

Victor Baltard (1806-1874), two medallions from the pediment of the monumental door of the wheat and flour pavilion in Les Halles Centrales, Paris, one decorated with an allegory of the harvest, the other with the arms of the capital, cast iron bas-reliefs, c. 1860, diam. 100 and 90 cm/39.4 and 35.4 in.
Results: €41,712 and €11,376

This twelfth sale devoted to the French capital aroused a marked interest from public cultural institutions in pieces from Parisian history. The Musée Carnavalet -Histoire de Paris carried off three stained glass windows from the headquarters of the newspaper Le Petit Parisien for €3,286; the Musée d'Orsay…

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