#TEFAFTALKS2015

19th February ‘Conservation – controversial or conscientious?’ 

Thomas Marks, Editor of Apollo will curate a conversation between Alexandra Gent, Paintings Conservator at The Wallace Collection and Christophe de Quénetain, TEFAF Antiques exhibitor and historian. The topic for discussion is restoration and conservation. Last year, the Wallace Collection received a grant from the TEFAF Restoration Fund to conserve the lively and engaging portrait Miss Nelly O’Brien c.1762 by Joshua Reynolds PRA FRS FRSA (1723-1792). 

Coffee, tea and pastries will be served in the newly restored Great Gallery at 8.00 am  (GMT). This is first time the gallery has been used for such a purpose. The talk will start at 8.45 and finish at approximately 9.15 am. 

Following the talk, there will be a further opportunity to see the newly restored Great Gallery. Guests that wish to can stay to view Miss Nelly O’Brien and discuss the painting with Alexandra before the Wallace Collection opens to the public at 10.00am. 

The Wallace Collection

Hertford House

Manchester Square

London W1U 3BN

United Kingdom

Telephone +44 (0)207 563 9500 

Revoir Oudry – Pratiques, discours et ornement

Institut National d’Histoire de l’Art, “Revoir Oudry – Pratiques, discours et ornement”, 18th January 2014 :
“L’influence de Jean-Baptiste Oudry, peintre-cartonnier de la tenture des Chasses nouvelles de Beauvais, sur les Arts décoratifs français du XVIIIème siècle.”

Symposium in honour of Dame Rosalind Savill

Guillaume Séret, Christophe Huchet de Quénetain, A two-day symposium to mark the retirement of Dame Rosalind Savill as Director of The Wallace Collection, Friday 13th & Saturday 14th April 2012, The Goodison Lecture Theatre, The Wallace Collection, Hertford House, Manchester Square, London : “Sèvres vases from Rothschild collections in French museums”.

The recent acquisition by the Sèvres museum of a pair of Sèvres “vases flacon à chaînons” with a dark blue ground and pastoral scenes after Boucher provides an appropriate opportunity not only for a comparison with the pair of “vases ferré” in the Musée Ile-de-France at Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, but also to retrace their shared provenance from Baron Alphonse de Rothschild (1827-1905).

Institut national d’histoire de l’art

Institut National d’Histoire de l’Art – Master lecture under the supervision of Professor Alain Mérot, Université Paris-Sorbonne, Paris IV : 20th February 2013.

Institut National d’Histoire de l’Art – Master lecture under the supervision of Mr. Laurent Stéphane, Maître de Conférences at the Université Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris I : 2nd March 2007.

Christie’s education

Between 2002 and 2007, Christophe de Quénetain lectured at Christie’s Education in Paris.

Christie’s Education has provided the highest quality education in Art History, Connoisseurship and the Art Market since 1978, offering courses designed to promote curiosity and independent thinking. The educational approach has always been through practice and study within a strong cultural and art historical framework. Many of the graduates now hold key positions throughout the art world.
The students can expect to find the following key areas at the heart of Christie’s courses: object-based learning, first-hand study of real works of art, investigative, cataloguing and writing skills, inter-disciplinary approach to study, promotion of independent thinking and preparation for future employment 
Christie’s Education Master’s, Graduate Diploma, and Undergraduate MA courses in the United Kingdom are accredited by the University of Glasgow. Christie’s Education, New York is accredited by the New York State Board of Regents and the Commissioner of Education in their capacity as a nationally recognized accrediting agency.