The Charles Ratton and Guy Ladrière Gallery has been located in the “Carré Rive Gauche” for some forty years, first on Rue de Beaune and then at 11 Quai Voltaire, but has been in operation since 1930 on the Right Bank, at 14 Rue de Marignan.
Charles Ratton began his career in the aftermath of World War I and quickly gained an international reputation as a dealer and expert in both medieval art and “primitive art, ” without neglecting contemporary art, as evidenced by his organization of the first “surrealist exhibition of objects” in 1936.
With Guy Ladrière, the gallery’s focus expanded to include the Renaissance and Baroque periods, encompassing sculptures, objets d’art, as well as paintings and drawings—interests shared by his daughter Sandrine, who joined the gallery in 2001.
Pierre-Jean DAVID d’ANGERS
(Angers, 1788 – Paris, 1856)
Jean-Antoine Nicolas de Caritat
Marquis de Condorcet
Bronze with brown patina
H : 81 cm ; W : 70 cm 1835
Inscription : « ils m’ont dit choisis d’être opresseur [sic] ou victime / J’embrassai le malheur et leur laissai le crime »
Signed and dated in the lower center : P.J. DAVID / D’ANGERS / 1835
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