The value of Liberty – sketch for Eugène Delacroix’s famous painting bid to record sum at Christie’s
An oil sketch by Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863) for his renowned painting ‘Liberty Leading the People’ was knocked down at £2.6m at auction in London this week.
Delacroix’s finished painting, which commemorates the July Revolution of 1830, is regarded as one of…