Jean-Louis Paguenaud (1876-1952)

Since 2017, the television producer and collector has been one of the nine members of the "Biennale Commission" in charge of setting the main guidelines for the event.  

It is time to discover a rare monumental pendulum clock revealing a complex mechanism that was totally cutting-edge for its time, the 1770s.

Painted when the artist was not yet famous, this seaside subject puts people at the center of the composition.

Goldsmiths Jean Ducrollay and Paul Robert collaborated to produce a snuffbox illustrating the magnificence of these objects, much sought-after under Louis XV and Louis XVI.

At a sale in Savoy, a rediscovered lost painting by Louis Lagrenée (1725-1805) rivaled a sumptuous lotus bowl from the Qianlong period.

Claude-François Julliot (1727-1794) probably commissioned these two pieces of furniture stamped Joseph, which were in the Comte de Merle’s collection. They are beautiful examples of the resurgence of copper and tortoiseshell "Boulle" marquetry early in the Louis XVI period.

As president for the past four years of the Carré Rive Gauche, an association of Saint-Germain-des-Prés antique dealers and art galleries, Jean-Louis Herlédan has awakened a sleeping beauty.

In cherry red, Jean Royère's iconic "Ours polaire" (Polar Bear) is even softer and more cozy, making you want to curl up on it.

The meeting between the young Louis XIV and the sculptor Jean Varin resulted in an exceptional medallion, whose extremely rare version in gold will be the key piece in a numismatics sale.

This Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824-1904) painting found in an antique dealer’s collection recalls that, despite his academic reputation, he was a bold artist with no peer when it came to creating powerful images.