Sketch for Delacroix’s seminal painting ‘Liberty Leading the People’ offered at auction

Auction house Christie’s is expecting a sketch for Eugène Delacroix’s (1798-1863) great painting ‘Liberty Leading the People’ to fetch up to £1m when offered in December.

Delacroix’s finished painting, which commemorates the July Revolution of 1830, is regarded as one of…

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