Jacques-Philippe Le Sueur (1757-1830)

This instrument straight out of the 18th century contributed to the lifestyle of Marie-Antoinette’s time.

The Director of the Fesch Palace Museum, curator of Ajaccio’s museums and authority on 16th-century Italian painting has written a fascinating book on Napoleon’s tastes, from Jacques-Louis David to the Trianon and the secrets of the Empire style.

Philippe Claude Montigny is known for his restorations of Boulle marquetry medallions for furniture crafted during the reign of Louis XVI. The furniture he left behind features architectural forms and plain veneers, highlighting bronzes that took inspiration from classical antiquity.

One of the great French figures of the pastry world, whose stores in Paris, London and Tokyo are always full, also has an appetite for art.

Saint James the Great is a sensual interlude in the art of Champaigne (1602-1674), a portraitist who found favor at court and became a painter of the New Testament after 1640.

Mobiles were a natural part of Philippe Hiquily's lifelong explorations of balance.

The mysterious life of feudal casbahs in the High Atlas region of Morocco intrigued Jacques Majorelle all through his career—as illustrated by this bird’s eye view of Anemiter.

With numerous preemptions of objets d'art connected with his family, a new chapter of history is being written for "Le Roi des Français." Welcome to the gallery of the Orléans.

The elegance and delicacy of neoclassical painter Jacques Stella's art united in a painted slate some 30 cm/11.8 in high: a tour de force!

Expected to make a career in banking like his father, he chose to work with artists. A journey off the beaten track, from Saint-Tropez to Saint-Germain-des-Prés.