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An unexpected discovery

While watching one of the old Columbo episodes, “Ransom for a Dead Man”, I noticed a painting hanging on the wall behind the famous detective in a sequence some 20 minutes before the end. After freeze-framing, there was no doubt: it was a painting by Charles d’Entraygues entitled “Concert pour enfants de chœur avec chien” (Concert for church children with a dog). This painting seems not to have left the United States, since a search enabled me to discover that it had been sold at auction in September 2018 at “Hughes Auctions”.

So, our Ecouen painters are finding themselves where we least expect them!”

Christian Dauchel
President