France, 17th and 18th century
Paintings and drawings by major French artists of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries form a highlight of the collection. The works of Jean-Siméon Chardin are shown to particular advantage in the villa's salon furnished and decorated in the Louis XVI style.
Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665), Jean-François Millet, called Francisque (1642-1679), Jean-Siméon Chardin (1699-1779), François Boucher (1703-1770), Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806)
Nicolas Poussin, The Holy Family c. 1630
Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Don Quixote Reading c. 1780–1790
Jean-Siméon Chardin, Still Life with Crystal Vessel and Fruit c. 1759