Bloomberg’s Scott Reyburn gets a comment from Old Master dealer Jean-Luc Baroni on why Poussin’s Ordination didn’t sell:

“It was a difficult picture to sell,” London based dealer Jean-Luc Baroni said. “Poussin is an intellectual artist and not everyone likes him. It’s hard to find a museum with that kind of money at the moment.”

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