Charles François Grenier de Lacroix (1700-1782)

The curator at the Château de Fontainebleau since 2016 has no shortage of plans, from restorations to exhibitions and promoting the legacy of François I.

Double success for the sale devoted to the memories of Lili Grenier, model of Lautrec and Degas: a set of photographs attributed to François Gauzi went to Orsay Museum for €71,500, while her portrait by Louis Anquetin was snapped up for €624,000.

An immersion in the world of Lili Grenier takes you back to the bubbling energy of Montmartre between 1880 and 1900—that of Toulouse-Lautrec and Louis Anquetin.

Under the leadership of its director, Mathieu Deldicque, the Musée Condé-Château de Chantilly is staging the very first exhibition in France devoted to the famous cabinetmaker. An opportunity to admire André-Charles Boulle's finest creations and identify his pieces more accurately.

This previously unidentified canvas is the only known painted sketch of Charles Meynier's masterpiece Télémaque, pressé par Mentor, quitte l’île de Calypso (Telemachus, Urged on by Mentor, Leaves Calypso's Island), which earned him an auction record.

Explorer Paul Marcoy's account of a trip to Peru inspired this vivid canvas full of exotic birds.

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

An exciting exhibition examining the reign of Charles VII at the musée de Cluny in Paris sheds light on the missing link between International Gothic and the French Renaissance, a period richer and more complex than it might seem.

A specialist in the 18th century, but curious about other eras, François Hayem is parting with the fruit of a lifetime of research and finds at Drouot.

This portrait of Claude Le Blanc (1669-1728) reveals early 18th-century customs.