Rococo dreams

To enjoy for Christmas....

These gorgeous, beautifully re-imagined, rococo interiors are by Vicente García de Paredes, a Spanish artist who settled in Paris in 1884 where he specialised in 18th-century genre scenes.  His watercolours were very popular at the time and were widely reproduced, notably in Le Monde Illustré. They appear regularly at auction.

"Her Best Hand" - sold by Sotheby's in 2018

"The Raconteur" - sold by Christie's in 2015