“Allegory of sight”, 18th century

Oil on canvas representing the allegory of sight.

This painting is actually composed of two paintings attached and relined. Was it a diptych or a series of several paintings, two of which would have been joined together?

“Religieuse”, 18th century

Oil on canvas, genre scene. It is probably about Suzanne Simonin, the narrator of Denis Diderot’s memoir “La Religieuse”, which is an ode to the freedom to choose one’s destiny…

18th century.

Italian school, entourage of Giuseppe Bonito.

“Portrait of a gentleman”, vers 1700

Oil on canvas, portrait of a gentleman,

Remarkable painting for lovers of old fabrics, and provocative looks, to look at it is to plunge into a world where everything is only “luxury, calm and pleasure”.

Circa 1700,

Italy