‘Portrait of a man’, who was 18th-century Corsican independence leader, goes on sale
Painting of Enlightenment figure, whose constitution for the island inspired revolutionaries in US, is up for auctionThirty years ago, a painting by the British artist Sir William Beechey was sold as “portrait of a man”.The anonymous buyer, however, knew precisely who the unnamed man in the...
<p>Painting of Enlightenment figure, whose constitution for the island inspired revolutionaries in US, is up for auction</p><p>Thirty years ago, a painting by the British artist Sir William Beechey was sold as “portrait of a man”.</p><p>The anonymous buyer, however, knew precisely who the unnamed man in the picture was: Pascal Paoli, the 18th-century Corsican independence leader and icon of the Enlightenment.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/dec/08/portrait-of-a-man-18th-century-corsican-independence-leader-sale">Continue reading...</a>
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