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  1. Meet Joseph Duveen, The Savvy Art Dealer Who Sold European Masterpieces - "It became a game for him"

    by , 03-18-2015 at 09:48 PM



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    (c. 1760-65) by Jean-Honoré Fragonard, is one of about 800 objects that American art collector Norton Simon purchased from Joseph Duveen. Over the years, Simon sold most of the collection off, but about 130 objects remain at the Norton Simon Museum in California.

    British art dealer Joseph Duveen once said, rather ...