Hans Baldung Grien Portrait Declared National Treasure, Barred from Leaving France

The auction of a newly-discovered Renaissance portrait, attributed to German master Hans Baldung Grien in January, has been paused following the work being declared a French National Treasure. The last-minute intervention by the French culture ministry means that the work, which was expected to be sold by the auction house Beaussant Lefèvre on March 23, will now […]