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The art news for October 11, 2022: a countess sues over a Chardin sale, the Philadelphia Museum wars with its union online, and more.
The dispute centres on a version of Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin’s Le Benedicite.
Amanda Feilding, 81, the Countess of Wemyss and March, is suing an art dealer over the £1 million sale of a French 'masterpiece' from her collection which was later resold for millions more.
Countess of Wemyss and March, and trustees, allege they are entitled to money they lost out from masterpiece’s original sale
The Countess of Wemyss alleges an 18-th century artwork was sold from the family collection for around eight times what it later achieved.