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Carole Blumenfeld

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Analyses Published on 05/10/2024
Ger Luijten’s Open-Air Paintings at the Fondation Custodia in Paris
The Fondation Custodia presents a selection of the many works that the late Ger Luijten (1956-2022) added to its collections.
Ger Luijten’s Open-Air Paintings at the Fondation Custodia in Paris
Analyses Published on 12/15/2023
Revealing Horace Vernet at Versailles
The Chateau of Versailles is restoring the official history painter to his rightful place. The heir to a long line of artists and a friend of Géricault,...
Revealing Horace Vernet at Versailles
Pre-sale Published on 12/08/2023
A Young Girl by Jean-Honoré Fragonard Rediscovered
The reappearance of a previously unknown work by Jean-Honoré Fragonard is in many ways the answer to an enigma, one that we can only guess at but never...
A Young Girl by Jean-Honoré Fragonard Rediscovered
Pre-sale Published on 12/03/2023
Extremely Rare Paintings by Pietro Lorenzetti on Sale in Paris
The Cabinet Turquin ends the year on a beautiful note with the sale of two extremely rare, enigmatic Sienese School paintings by Pietro Lorenzetti that...
Extremely Rare Paintings by Pietro Lorenzetti on Sale in Paris
Exhibitions Published on 11/10/2023
Anne Vallayer-Coster with Éric Coatalem, Champion of the 18th Century
After Hubert Robert and Jean-Honoré Fragonard—while awaiting Greuze—the dealer, who exclusively promotes French painting of the 17th and 18th centuries,...
Anne Vallayer-Coster with Éric Coatalem, Champion of the 18th Century
Pre-sale Published on 10/13/2023
Barry, a 150-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Goes Under the Hammer
After Big Sara the Allosaurus in 2020,  Big John the Triceratops in 2021 and Zephyr the Iguanodon last year, Barry and its well-shaped head will kick off...
Barry, a 150-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Goes Under the Hammer
Pre-sale Published on 10/06/2023
Twenty-One Horse Hindquarters, At Least Four by Théodore Géricault
A year after Théodore Géricault's "Noailles Hindquarters" was classified as a French National Treasure, this equally large version comes at just the...
Twenty-One Horse Hindquarters, At Least Four by Théodore Géricault
Market Trends Published on 09/15/2023
Fabrizio Moretti Launches a New Gallery in Paris
To celebrate the opening of his Parisian gallery, which will be managed by Giulia Giustiniani, the world’s foremost Italian Old Masters dealer is featuring...
Fabrizio Moretti Launches a New Gallery in Paris
Analyses Published on 07/13/2023
Discovery: Jacobus Vrel at the Custodia Foundation
A woman of indefinable age, seen from behind, leans against a window where a child’s face stealthily appears in the half-darkness. She seems to be trying...
Discovery: Jacobus Vrel at the Custodia Foundation
Pre-sale Published on 06/16/2023
Elbridge Ayer Burbank Creates an Engaging Nap Scene
On June 21, Hôtel Drouot celebrates summer with this small, arresting composition full of charm by American painter Elbridge Ayer Burbank, making its...
Elbridge Ayer Burbank Creates an Engaging Nap Scene
Exhibitions Published on 11/30/2022
The First French Retrospective Dedicated to Baschenis, Bergamo’s Master of the Portrait and Still Life
Thanks to loans from the Accademia Carrara and La Scala, but also from private collectors, the Canesso Gallery presents the first French retrospective...
The First French Retrospective Dedicated to Baschenis, Bergamo’s Master of the Portrait and Still Life
Pre-sale Published on 11/16/2022
Romanelli’s Justice for Mazarin: A Rediscovery
As the renovation of the Bibliothèque nationale (BnF) in Paris meets with widespread acclaim, the reappearance of a key component in the decor of Cardinal...
Romanelli’s Justice for Mazarin: A Rediscovery
Pre-sale Published on 10/27/2022
A Venus by Lucas Cranach the Younger from the Former Demidoff Collection
An imminent return in situ for a Venus by Cranach the Younger with the princely pedigree of Anatole Demidoff, which was first sold at the Hôtel Drouot...
A Venus by Lucas Cranach the Younger from the Former Demidoff Collection
Cultural Heritage Published on 09/23/2022
Elizabeth II and the Opening of the Royal Collections
During her 70-year reign, Queen Elizabeth II happily opened the Royal Collection to researchers and the public, doing more in this regard than any of...
Elizabeth II and the Opening of the Royal Collections
Pre-sale Published on 07/22/2022
Reappearance of a Sketch for the Panthéon by Baron Gros
Missing since the post-mortem sale of the French neoclassical and pre-Romantic painter, this sketch for the dome of the Panthéon—under which Victor...
Reappearance of a Sketch for the Panthéon by Baron Gros
Fairs Published on 07/06/2022
A Strange TEFAF in Maastricht
The 2022 edition will be remembered for the spectacular robbery right before the eyes of dumbfounded visitors, who could not believe it was happening....
A Strange TEFAF in Maastricht
Pre-sale Published on 06/23/2022
Auguste Jean-Baptiste Vinchon’s Memories of Italy
The 86 views of Italy that Auguste Jean-Baptiste Vinchon painted between 1816 and 1818 offer a unique glimpse of a rare studio collection.
Auguste Jean-Baptiste Vinchon’s Memories of Italy
Pre-sale Published on 06/16/2022
A Murillo Painting Hiding in France Since 1764
The rediscovery of a Murillo painting is sure to make waves in Spain and England, where another version is in the Oxford Museum.
A Murillo Painting Hiding in France Since 1764
Interviews Published on 04/21/2022
Etienne Bréton: Old Master Consultant
President of Saint Honoré Art Consulting, Etienne Bréton works alongside Marc Blondeau and Nicolas Schwed. With Pascal Zuber, he is currently the scientific...
Etienne Bréton: Old Master Consultant
Pre-sale Published on 02/25/2022
Chardin, a Proto-Impressionist 18th-Century Painter
A totem of French painting, and, according to the Cimabue expert himself Éric Turquin, the most beautiful work ever to pass through his hands, Chardin's...
Chardin, a Proto-Impressionist 18th-Century Painter
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