Old Master Drawings & Paintings

Bretagne Enchères organizes 3 to 4 auctions each year including the Old Master Drawings & Paintings specialty in the Fine Furniture & Works of Art auctions.

Do you own an old master painting or drawing and would like to know its value?

Caroline Guizard, accompanied by our expert Mégane Ollivier, is available to provide you with a free and confidential valuation.

What are collectors looking for?

“The market is highly selective and major collectors are very demanding,” emphasizes Mégane Ollivier, expert for Bretagne Enchères. “Cultivated and passionate, they seek the finest works by great artists and major pieces by minor masters.”

In recent years, Bretagne Enchères has distinguished itself in this specialty by discovering and offering exceptional works for auction, generating international enthusiasm every time.

Paintings and drawings by Italian masters remain highly sought-after. This is evidenced by the result of the sale of a panel by the Primitive master Mariotto di NARDO depicting a Virgin and Child surrounded by saints, sold for €81,000 on April 4, 2023, at Bretagne Enchères. Or the record reached for a work by Francesco Barbieri, known as GUERCINO, a famous member of the 16th-century Bolognese school, whose representation of Saint Peter in Prison soared to €110,000 on February 12, 2020, at Bretagne Enchères.

Equally sought after, fine paintings from the Flemish and Dutch schools also reach record prices at auction. Recently at Bretagne Enchères, an exceptional work by the artist Pieter BRUEGHEL II, extremely rare on the art market, sold for €320,000 at Bretagne Enchères—10 times its estimate!