Eric Turquin describes himself as an art historian who works for the art market. In conversation with Clare Finn ACR he will be talking to us about his work.
He heads a team at Cabinet Turquin that describes its vocation as to reveal the meaning and value of a painting. Their knowledge covers the range of Art History from the Old Masters to the 19th century.
To do this they utilise technical scientific analysis, imaging and documentation, fitting this information together to do everything possible to attribute a name and a history, as well as a value to a painting and enable their clients to meet their legal obligations. They describe the History of art as being as a human science rather than an exact science, which has uncertainties and subjectivity as the attribution of a work of art is not objective but the result of a consensus.
Cabinet Turquin’s work has uncovered the lost histories behind, among others, a Caravaggio, a Cimabue, two paintings by Pietro Lorenzetti and a Chardin. The presentation will place the technical analysis conservators undertake within this context.
This will also be our, Icon’s first talk from France, which is very welcome and Eric will be explaining how France’s history has played a part in the survival and discovery of these hidden masterpieces.
