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France buys new masterpiece for Orsay museum with LVMH gift

French Culture Minister Rima Abdul-Malaki speaks beside "A Boating Party" by French painter Gustave Caillebotte at the Orsay Museum, Monday, Jan. 30, 2023 in Paris. France has acquired a stunning Impressionist masterpiece for its national collection of art treasures, with luxury goods giant LVMH helping to pay 43-million euros (nearly $47 million) for "A Boating Party" by 19th century French artist Gustave Caillebotte. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

Orsay Museum curator Christophe Leribault, stands beside "A Boating Party" by French painter Gustave Caillebotte at the Orsay Museum, Monday, Jan. 30, 2023 in Paris. France has acquired the stunning impressionist masterpiece for its national collection of art treasures, using a donation from French luxury goods giant LVMH to pay the 43-million euro ($47 million) price tag for Gustave Caillebotte's "A Boating Party." (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

A video reporter films the painting "A Boating Party" by French painter Gustave Caillebotte at the Orsay Museum, Monday, Jan. 30, 2023 in Paris. France has acquired the stunning impressionist masterpiece for its national collection of art treasures, using a donation from French luxury goods giant LVMH to pay the 43-million euro ($47 million) price tag for Gustave Caillebotte's "A Boating Party." The work, remarkable in its realism, delicate coloring and almost cinematic perspective, as though the artist was in the boat with the rower, went on display in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

The painting "A Boating Party" by French painter Gustave Caillebotte is displayed at the Orsay Museum, Monday, Jan. 30, 2023 in Paris. France has acquired the stunning impressionist masterpiece for its national collection of art treasures, using a donation from French luxury goods giant LVMH to pay the 43-million euro ($47 million) price tag for Gustave Caillebotte's "A Boating Party." The work, remarkable in its realism, delicate coloring and almost cinematic perspective, as though the artist was in the boat with the rower, went on display in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

France buys new masterpiece for Orsay museum with LVMH gift