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‘UNE COLLECTION POUR L’HISTOIRE’
IMPORTANT PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS, FURNITURE,
AND HISTORICAL MEMORABILIA FROM THE FRENCH ROYAL FAMILY
AUCTION AT SOTHEBY’S IN PARIS ON 29 SEPTEMBER 2015

Sotheby’s announces the sale of works from the collections of the late Comte de Paris (1908-1999) and Comtesse de Paris (1911-2003).

This collection contains exceptional works and historical mementos that have come down directly from the dynasty that reigned over France for nearly a thousand years.

The majority of the 200-odd lots offered for sale come from the various residences of the Orléans family, the cadet branch, which later became the eldest branch of the Royal House of France.

The collection, consisting of paintings, drawings, furniture and mementos, brings to life the most illustrious members of the French royal family:Kings Louis XIII and Louis XIV, Queen Marie-Antoinette, Louis-Philippe Duke of Orléans, his wife Marie-Amélie and sister Madame Adélaïde, and other figures from the Orléans family.