Henri Nicolas Van Gorp 1756-1819 attributed to, "portrait of a couple in a cabinet" oil on canvas, gilded and carved wooden frame (104x85)

French school end of the 17th century, still life with guitar, pendulum and parrot, oil on canvas (relining)

Robert Edge PINE 1730-1788 attributed to, portrait of a man seated three quarters in a brown suit open book oil on canvas (relining), large carved and gilded wooden frame from the XVIII period dim: 134x162cm, former Paul Louis Weiller collection

Antonio JOLI DE DIPI (1700-1777) around, views of piazza del Popolo and piazza Colonna in Rome in the 18th century, pair of original oil on canvas paintings annotated on the back and signed lower left, gilt wood frames and carved period XVIII. (frame dim: 115x90cm)

French School late 18th century follower of Hyacinthe Rigaud "portrait of Jacques de Chastenet de Puysségur, Marshal of France in 1734" oil on canvas (relining) and its frame in gilded and carved wood from the 18th century (98x116)

French School of the XVIII "Portrait of a man in armor" oil on canvas

François Louis LONSING 1739-1799 attributed to "Portraits of Jean Baptiste and Emilie de Mareilhac" oils on canvas with an oval view in a Louis XVI frame in molded and gilded wood of the period (80x70 cm)

BATONI Pompeo (1708-1787) in the style of, Italian School of the XVIII, Allegory of painting, oil on canvas.

Carle Van Loo 1705-1765 follower "Allegory of Sculpture" oil on canvas

XVIIth century Italian school "Still life with flowers and fish and black cat" oil on canvas in a gilded lacquered wooden frame dim: 123 x 98cm

XVIIIth European School "Animated Ruins" Oil on canvas, frame 131x110

Italian School, early 18th century "Moses and the Bronze Serpent" gilded wooden frame, dim period: 150x111cm
Episode told in the Book of Numbers (21, 4-9). At that time, here the people began once again to murmur against God, against Moses: we are hungry, we are thirsty, we are tired of what God gives every day, we should not have left the 'Egypt… The daily routine, what. And there God can no longer bear. People groan all the time and never take into account what their Lord is doing for them. So God sends "burning snakes" that bite many of them. Classic blow then: the people panic, repent, will find Moses so that he does something and this one intercedes. God gives Moses an antidote: "Make yourself a burning serpent and put it on a pole; whoever is bitten and looks at it will stay alive" (Numbers 21, 8).

This is God's way: "The serpent bites you? Look at the serpent". It's not about avoiding what kills or scares us; on the contrary, we will look at it, consider it, and it will be beneficial. The place that kills me is also the place that saves me.