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# In June, Christie's Paris Old Master sale will offer a melon still life by the eighteenth-century French painter Jean Siméon Chardin
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/v-iiune-na-parizhskikh-torgakh-starykh-masterov-kristis-budet-vystavlen-natiurmort-s-dynei-frantsuzskogo-zhivopistsa-xviii-veka-zhana-simeona-shardena/
- Published: 2024-04-17T06:32:25.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:34:00.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: NB!, Coming Up, Art, Paris

In June, Christie's Paris Old Master sale will offer a melon still life by the eighteenth-century French painter Jean Siméon Chardin. Painted in 1760, it is in an oval format, a rarity for Chardin. The estimate is €8-12 million.

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