Joseph Baillio

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New York

This January in New York, Sotheby’s is honored to present A Scholar Collects, a sale comprised of paintings, drawings and sculpture from the collection of the preeminent scholar Joseph Baillio. A visionary art historian who specializes in the art of eighteenth-century France, Baillio is most well-known for his expertise in the pioneering woman artist Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun. His landmark exhibitions on her life and career, first in 1982 in Fort Worth and then in 2016 in New York, Paris, and Montreal, were triumphant in catapulting her to the forefront of scholarship and furthered her indelible mark on the history of art. Presented in partnership with:

Senior Director | Head of Department, Old Master Drawings, Worldwide

Gregory Rubinstein

Senior Director | Senior Specialist, Old Master Drawings

Cristiana Romalli

VP | Specialist, Old Master Drawings

Alexander Faber

Specialist, Old Master Drawings

Claire Anderson

Department Assistant

Adina Mukhamejanova

Chairman | Executive Vice President | Co-Chairman, Old Master Paintings Worldwide

George Wachter

Senior Vice President | International Head of Old Master Division

Christopher Apostle

Senior Vice President | Head of Department

David Pollack

Vice President | Specialist, Director of International Strategy

Calvine Harvey

Vice President | Specialist

Elisabeth Lobkowicz

Assistant Vice President, Specialist | Old Master Paintings

Daria Rose Foner, PhD

Cataloguer | Old Master Paintings

Emma Woodberry

Pre-Sale Coordinator, Old Master Paintings

Neely Metz

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This January in New York, Sotheby’s is honored to present A Scholar Collects, a sale comprised of paintings, drawings and sculpture from the collection of the preeminent scholar Joseph Baillio. A visionary art historian who specializes in the art of eighteenth-century France, Baillio is most well-known for his expertise in the pioneering woman artist Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun. His landmark exhibitions on her life and career, first in 1982 in Fort Worth and then in 2016 in New York, Paris, and Montreal, were triumphant in catapulting her to the forefront of scholarship and furthered her indelible mark on the history of art.

A Scholar Collects