"A previously unknown work by French impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir depicting his son Jean sold for 1.8m ($2.08m) at a Paris auction, according to the auction house. The oil painting L'enfant et ses jouets Gabrielle et le fils de l'artiste, Jean (The Child and His Toys Gabrielle and the son's artist, Jean) had never been exhibited or sold before. It belonged to Jean's godmother Jeanne Baudot, a friend and student of Renoir's, who passed the painting on to her inheritors."
"Believed to have been painted between 1890 and 1895, it features the artist's second son, who went on to become an Oscar-winning film-maker, shown sitting with his nanny. Pascal Perrin, an art historian and Renoir expert, praised the exceptional condition of the work, which has undergone no restoration while presenting the canvas. The painting had been valued at between 1m and 1.5m euros and was acquired by an international buyer, Drouot, the auction house behind the sale, said on Tuesday."
A previously unknown painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir depicting his son Jean sold for 1.8m ($2.08m) at a Paris auction. The oil, titled L'enfant et ses jouets Gabrielle et le fils de l'artiste, Jean, had never been exhibited or sold before. The work belonged to Jeanne Baudot, Jean's godmother and a friend and student of Renoir, and was passed to her inheritors. Believed to date from 1890–1895, the painting shows Renoir's second son seated with his nanny. Art historian Pascal Perrin highlighted the painting's exceptional condition and absence of restoration. The lot, valued at 1–1.5m euros, was bought by an international bidder. Jean Renoir later became an Oscar-winning filmmaker who received a Lifetime Achievement Academy Award in 1975.
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