The newly discovered Artemisia Gentileschi at auction this week has broken the artist’s sales record, selling for nearly €4.8m on Wednesday.  “The interest in older paintings is growing,” says Matthieu Fournier, director of the department of old masters at Artcurial. “For the first time, we are seeing contemporary art collectors migrate towards classical art.”

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