The Paul Touzet Collection of Old Masters

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Hanging in the Cabinet Turquin, part of Paul Touzet’s collection, where the Northern Schools were side by side with works by early 19th-century French artists. © STUDIO SEBERT

Paul Touzet was one of France's most renowned post-war experts. The sale of part of his collection of paintings and drawings is an opportunity to pay him a well-deserved tribute. Hanging in the Cabinet Turquin, part of Paul Touzet’s collection, where the Northern Schools were side by side with works by early 19th-century French artists.© STUDIO SEBERT Fifty years ago, the unerring judgment of Paul Touzet (1898-1981) made him one of the most highly sought-after specialists in the Parisian Old Masters market. It is worth retracing the trajectory of the expert's distinguished career. He began by opening a gallery on rue de l'Université in the

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