When used together, the New York museum’s print catalogue and supplementary website on their 18th-century French works make an excellent initial resource but offer little new information ...

Throughout the 18th century, France faced a mounting economic ... one of the greatest social upheavals in Western history, the French Revolution. Violence spread to the countryside, where peasants ...

The middle value of all realized prices for an artist's works sold at auction during a given period, providing a clearer representation of typical market values by minimizing the influence of extreme ...