Sotheby's New York. This bid went well beyond the top pre-sale estimate of $ 200,000 for this work by van Dael, who studied architecture at 12 in Antwerp before moving to Paris to decorate the Châteaux of Saint-Cloud, Bellevue and Chantilly. he became one of the most fashionable painters of flowers in the late 18th century and received commissions from Napoleon, Josephine and many of the great collectors in France of the age.
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