A previously unknown Renoir painting sells for €1.8 million at auction.
25 November 2025
The work by French impressionist painter Auguste Renoir of his toddler son Jean sold for €1.8 million at a Paris auction on Tuesday.
The oil painting, ‘L’enfant et ses jouets - Gabrielle et le fils de l’artiste, Jean', had never been exhibited or sold before.
It belonged to Jean’s godmother, Jeanne Baudot, who passed the painting on to her inheritors.
The oil painting, ‘L’enfant et ses jouets - Gabrielle et le fils de l’artiste, Jean', had never been exhibited or sold before.
It belonged to Jean’s godmother, Jeanne Baudot, who passed the painting on to her inheritors.