Whip-round proves fair gain for Lyon
When two academics spotted a work on the stand of the Lyons dealer Galerie Michel Descours on the opening night of the dedicated Old Masters fair Paris Tableau last week, they immediately felt it was a work that should be in the Musée des Beaux Arts in Lyon.
Why were they so convinced ? The 16½ x 12½in (42 x 32cm) oil on canvas depicting a nun caring for an…