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Spring Sale of 19th Century European Art Announced at Sotheby’s New York

John Frederick Lewis - "A Frank Encampment in the Desert of Mount Sinai", 1842. - Estimate $1/1.5 million. Photo: Sotheby's.

NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s spring sale of 19th Century

European Art will be held on 23 April and will offer a selection
of
high-quality works representing the best artists, schools and
styles of
the 19th century. Works from the sale will be exhibited at
Sotheby’s New
York galleries beginning 17 April.
Sotheby’s 19th Century

European Art sale will feature William Bouguereau’s monumental
L’Amour et
Psyché (est. $1.8/2.2 million). L’Amour et Psyché celebrates the
story of
mythological lovers whose devotion to each other and triumph over
adversity exemplifies the popular adage that love conquers all.