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The Beistegui Family Collecting Tradition
Juan de Beistegui was the third generation of collectors to focus solely on masterpieces. It is unique to find a family with three generations of collectors, each of which had different interests and chose to focus solely on masterpieces, says Simon de Monicault, Director of Decorative Arts at Christies in Paris. Art and collecting were in the Beistegui familys DNA. The collecting gene first manifested itself in Carlos de Beistegui, who was born in Mexico City in 1863. His family had originally migrated from Spain in the 18th century before amassing a great fortune. In 1876 the Beistegui family settled permanently in France where Carlos, who had ambitions of becoming an artist, enrolled as a pupil of Léon Bonnat. Find out more:
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