Six paintings donated subject to usufruct in Amiens

2/4/24 - Acquisitions - Amiens, Musée de Picardie - We recently reported on the donation of an Antoine Vestier painting to the Musée de Picardie by a couple of collectors (see news item 27/10/22). These collectors are particaularly generous, having recently donated six new works, subject to usufruct (the equivalent of a promised, non-revocable gift). All these works come from a single dealer, Stéphane Grodée, himself from Amiens.

The first of the six paintings that now belong to the museum is a ceiling sketch by the 18th-century Austrian painter Daniel Gran…