Jean-Baptiste Van Mour (1671-1737)

This actor portrayed by Jean-Baptiste Van Loo cuts a fine figure. And he is about to mount the auction stage to fresh applause.

In Mayenne, the history of France was revisited thanks to a scene celebrating a princely birth, while Carzou and Picasso achieved excellent results.

The most Parisian of Dutch artists, Van Dongen left high society for a moment to concentrate on two little girls.

The auction of this view of Montmartre was beset by a series of human and technological errors.

The meeting between the painter and Dr. Gachet was brief but crucial to the history of art, as this etching attests. 

In March 1886, the Dutch painter arrived in Paris, where he lived for two years. One hundred and thirty-five years later to the month, a key work from this seminal and productive period is back on the market.

The star of a group of early paintings, Jean-Baptiste Greuze  delivers here a self-portrait free of complacency, but filled with humanity, which touched the art connoisseurs.

It is hard to tell the age of this young girl painted by Jean-Baptiste Greuze, whose face evokes both the child and the adolescent.

Around the time of the first edition of the Paris Print Fair, the print market shows its good health with the prizes won by a collection.

Appealing Old Masters were on the menu for this sale dedicated to the graphic arts, which also included minor masters of the 19th and 20th centuries.