Sue Tilley was working in an unemployment office when she met artist Lucian Freud

Sue Tilley was working in an unemployment office when she met artist Lucian Freud. His paintings of her in the 1990s are now famous, and very valuable.

The painting, Sleeping by the Lion Carpet, will go up for sale for the first time as part of The Lewis Collection from Sotheby's in June.

Sue Tilley was working in an unemployment office when she met artist Lucian Freud

Freud painted benefits supervisor Sue Tilley in numerous works between 1993 and 1996

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En oljemålning av socialbidragshandläggaren Sue Tilley, som blev känd efter att den brittiska konstnären Lucian Freud avbildade henne naken…

Sue Tilley, the 60-something retired benefits supervisor and beloved sitter for Lucian Freud, has an uncanny meeting with her oil-on-canvas image before it heads to auction next…