Etienne Bréton: Old Master Consultant

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President of Saint Honoré Art Consulting, Etienne Bréton works alongside Marc Blondeau and Nicolas Schwed. With Pascal Zuber, he is currently the scientific co-curator of the exhibition "Boilly. Parisian Chronicles" at the Musée Cognacq-Jay in Paris. © Guillaume Benoit What is the finest painting that has passed through your hands since you left Sotheby's in 1994?A sublime Poussin, The Flight into Egypt with an Elephant, which is seen from the back moving towards Africa, symbolizing the continent. Like its counterpart (now in the Wallace Collection) it comes from the Rospigliosi and Fesch collections. That was 20 years ago and since then

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