On level five of the Musée d'Orsay, the floor of the Impressionists, Renoir's iconic masterpiece
Bal du moulin de la Galette
leaves him the central picture rail for a few months.
This shows the importance of
Party Boat
by Gustave Caillebotte (1848-1894), also known as "Boater in a top hat".
This painting, one of the last remarkable works of the Impressionist group to still be in private hands, joined the national collections on Monday and forever.
This thanks to the exclusive financial support of the luxury group LVMH.
“This is the most important national treasure acquired by the State thanks to sponsorship since the creation of this legal categorization in 1993”,
commented on the spot Jean-Paul Claverie, adviser to the CEO of LVMH Bernard Arnault.
From the moment the public authorities refused the export certificate requested for the work by its owners, in January 2020, it had thirty months to collect the price estimated by the market, i.e. 43 million euros…
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