The story of how works of art changed hands in France starts to become clearer from the 1740s on, when printed catalogues for auctions first began to appear. While the majority of Parisian auctions were then run by Gersaint, other names emerged during the following decade, in particular those of Glomy, Basan, Remy and Francois Joullain. The number of such sales increased from the 1770s on, and more often than not they were conducted by Paillet and Jean-Baptiste Pierre Le Brun. ...