Maximilien Reinitz (1872-1935)

Maximilien Durand, who until now was director of the forthcoming department of Byzantine and Oriental Christian Arts at the Louvre, officially took over as head of the department by decree on December 26. Its inauguration is planned for 2025 in the Denon wing; nearly 12,000 objects will be brought together there.

Illustrating the habits and customs of a refined and privileged society, exquisite small objects dating to and just after the Age of Enlightenment still arouse envy... and that's no sin!

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.

Laurence des Cars, President-Director of the Musée du Louvre, has appointed Maximilien Durand as Director of the newly formed Department of Byzantine and Oriental Christian Art. He starts March 14, 2022, and the department is set to open in 2025, bringing together some 12,000 objects.

Heading this sale of modern art, a painting by the master from southern France competed with a landscape by Luce and a nude by André Derain (1880-1954).

The date of this sale was not chosen randomly: it corresponds to the anniversary of Louis XVI’s death on January 21, 1793. The French Revolution is the André Bernheim Collection’s leitmotiv.

When the ceramist of the 1950s turned his mind to sculpture, it led to this remarkable wall model—though it could not overshadow a fantastical preparatory drawing by Jean Dupas.

This viol attributed to stringed instrument maker Gasparo Duiffopruggar will shine alongside a Maximilian I tapestry.

This luxurious snuffbox comes in a red gilt morocco case stamped with the emperor's coat of arms.

A fine selection of furniture, tableware and curios with a focus on 19th-century faience, as well as tables and a gold box from the 18th century.