Joachim Wtewael (1566-1638)

In this work, Saint John the Baptist announcing the coming of the Messiah is a pretext to paint a phantasmagorical, eye-popping landscape.

Sculptor Johann Joachim Kändler created the two little hawks for Meissen. Their fine result attests to sustained interest in his most beautiful pieces.

Napoleon I's goldsmith created this vermeil ewer and basin for Joachim Murat, based on a design by Charles Percier.

Under the watchful eye of the master Johan Joachim Winckelmann, the German art historian considered to be one of the fathers of neoclassicism, this young draughtsman was the chief attraction in this Clermont-Ferrand sale, though finally attributed to a different artist.

Unpublished at auction, a painting by Joachim Issarti featuring French King Louis-Philippe in a boat on the Seine is joining the museum of the Domaine Départemental de Sceaux. It was pre-empted at Castor Hara for €38,400.

Biesenbach leaves his post at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, which he has helmed since 2018, to head the newly renovated Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin. The German-born 57 year old will also head the Museum of 20th Century Art, currently under construction next door. He takes over from Joachim Jâeger.

Throughout her rich and tumultuous life, Margaret Louise Brozek acquired works of exceptional quality from limited series by Giacometti, Pompon and Hiquily.

Now that kitsch is back in style, these small, refined objects are increasingly in demand.

Designer Line Vautrin’s mirror from her signature "Sunburst" series fetched €122,500.

This aristocratic residence was built in 18th-century Rome to house the magnificent collection of a cardinal who was also an antiquarian and patron of the arts. Untouched since then, it is now open to the public.