Classical Art (starts September 1, 2026)

CLASSICAL ART

ONLINE AUCTION IN PREPARATION

LANDRE is preparing its next “Classical Art” auction, featuring French and European furniture, antique paintings, sculptures, bronzes, timepieces, ceramics, and works of art from the 16th to the 19th centuries.

We are particularly interested in:

FRENCH AND EUROPEAN FURNITURE

Furniture from the Renaissance, Louis XIII, Louis XIV, Regency, Louis XV, Transition, Louis XVI, Directoire, Consulate, Empire, Restoration, Charles X, and Napoleon III periods; Italian, Flemish, Dutch, English, German, Austrian, Scandinavian, and Russian furniture; Biedermeier furniture, as well as marquetry, lacquered, painted, and carved pieces made of precious woods such as mahogany, rosewood, walnut, ebony, or gilded wood.

Chests of drawers, writing desks, flat desks, cylinder desks, bookcases, cabinets, daybeds, tables, console tables, pedestal tables, wardrobes, chests, armchairs, bergère chairs, marquise chairs, sofas, beds, seats, screens, and mirrors.

Notable cabinetmakers and woodworkers: André-Charles Boulle, Jean-Henri Riesener, Jean-François Oeben, Charles Cressent, Martin Carlin, Adam Weisweiler, Jean-François Leleu, Roger Vandercruse, known as Lacroix, Bernard Van Risenburgh, Pierre Roussel, Mathieu-Guillaume Cramer, René Dubois, Jacques Dubois, Nicolas Petit, Joseph Baumhauer, David Roentgen, Abraham Roentgen, Georges Jacob, François-Honoré-Georges Jacob-Desmalter, Jean-Baptiste-Claude Sené, Louis Delanois, Nicolas Heurtaut, Jean-Baptiste Tilliard, Georges Jansen, Henri Dasson, François Linke, Alfred Beurdeley, Maison Krieger, and Maison Sormani.

CLASSIC CERAMICS AND PORCELAIN

French and European porcelain and earthenware: Vincennes, Sèvres, Royal Manufactory of Sèvres, Meissen, Chantilly, Saint-Cloud, Mennecy, Niderviller, Strasbourg, Lunéville, Nevers, Rouen, Moustiers, Marseille, Montpellier, Sinceny, Lille, Delft, Vienna, Berlin KPM, Nymphenburg, Fürstenberg, Frankenthal, Höchst, Ludwigsburg, Capodimonte, Naples, Doccia, Chelsea, Derby, Worcester, Wedgwood, and the Imperial Russian Porcelain Manufactory.

We are seeking tableware sets, plates, serving dishes, terrines, soup tureens, vases, potpourri jars, clocks, statuettes, groups of figurines, biscuits, plaques, items made of soft or hard porcelain, earthenware, terracotta, and majolica.

ANTIQUE CLOCKS

Mantel clocks, wall-mounted clocks, regulators, portico clocks, skeleton clocks, astronomical clocks, complication clocks, travel clocks, grandfather clocks, and antique clock mechanisms.

Sought-after clockmakers and bronze casters: Breguet, Lepaute, Robin, Berthoud, Leroy, Lepine, Vulliamy, Ferdinand Berthoud, Julien Le Roy, Jean-André Lepaute, Robert Robin, Antide Janvier, Raingo Frères, Claude Galle, Pierre-Philippe Thomire, Jean-Joseph de Saint-Germain, Jacques Caffieri, Philippe Caffieri, Robert Osmond, François Rémond, Jean-Claude Duplessis, and Étienne Martincourt.

BRONZES, SCULPTURES, AND WORKS OF ART

Antique bronzes, statuettes, groups, busts, sculptures in marble, stone, alabaster, terracotta, carved wood, or gilded wood; decorative bronzes, candelabras, torches, andirons, wall sconces, chandeliers, mounted objects, vases, bowls, and fireplace ornaments.

Sought-after sculptors, casters, and manufacturers: Giambologna, Antonio Susini, Massimiliano Soldani Benzi, Clodion, Jean-Antoine Houdon, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, Antoine-Louis Barye, Emmanuel Frémiet, Pierre-Jules Mêne, Alfred Dubucand, Mathurin Moreau, Auguste Moreau, Carrier-Belleuse, James Pradier, François Pompon, Pierre-Philippe Thomire, Claude Galle, Ferdinand Barbedienne, Susse Frères, Siot-Decauville, Thiébaut Frères, and Fonderie du Val d’Osne.

ANTIQUE PAINTINGS

Paintings, drawings, and prints from the French, Italian, Flemish, Dutch, Spanish, German, and English schools from the 16th to the 19th centuries: portraits, landscapes, seascapes, religious, mythological, and historical scenes, still lifes, genre scenes, hunting scenes, and Orientalist paintings.

Artists, workshops, schools, and followers of interest: Caravaggio, Guido Reni, Guercino, Luca Giordano, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Canaletto, Francesco Guardi, Salvator Rosa, Jacopo Bassano, Carlo Maratta, Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony van Dyck, Jacob Jordaens, Pieter Brueghel, Jan Brueghel, David Teniers, Frans Snyders, Jan Fyt, Rembrandt, Frans Hals, Jacob van Ruisdael, Meindert Hobbema, Paulus Potter, Jan Steen, Gabriel Metsu, Pieter de Hooch, Nicolas Poussin, Claude Gellée, known as Le Lorrain, Charles Le Brun, Hyacinthe Rigaud, Nicolas de Largillière, Jean-Marc Nattier, François Boucher, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Hubert Robert, Claude Joseph Vernet, Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Jean-Baptiste Oudry, Jean Siméon Chardin, Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, Jacques-Louis David, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Théodore Géricault, Eugène Delacroix, Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, Théodore Rousseau, Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, Gustave Courbet, Rosa Bonheur, and Eugène Fromentin.

We are also seeking: tapestries from Aubusson, Beauvais, Gobelins, and Flanders; antique rugs; High Period artifacts; caskets; antique ivories that comply with regulations; Limoges enamels; gilded bronze objects; marbles; miniatures; fans; old frames; mirrors; chandeliers; silverware; and collectibles.

TO SUBMIT LOTS FOR OUR NEXT AUCTION, PLEASE CONTACT:

Valentin Roux

valentinroux@alexandrelandre.com

Free and confidential appraisals based on photographs. On-site visits and inventories available for significant collections and sets.