17th-century painting discovered behind a wall during renovation

Alex Bolen, the chief executive of Oscar de la Renta, planned to have his new store in Paris open around this week, just in time for the couture shows. Then, last summer, in the middle of renovations, Mr. Bolen got a call from his architect, Nathalie Ryan. On the other end of the phone, Mr. Bolen cringed. The last time he received a call like that about a store, their plans to move a wall had to be scrapped because of fears the building would collapse. Mr. Bolen, she said, blinked.

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