Old Masters to Post-war

Collecting with conviction

Advised privately, worldwide.

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Detail of a Florentine portrait, Bronzino

Renaissance

Detail of a penitent saint in candlelight, Ribera

Baroque

Detail of a still life with silver and glass, Heda

Dutch Golden Age

Detail of two figures under a crescent moon, Friedrich

Romanticism

Detail of a beached fishing boat under a heavy sky, Courbet

Realism

Detail of a cypress island at dusk, Böcklin

Symbolism

A Smith & Smith Holding maison

Fine Art, Privately

Chiaro advises a small number of collectors and families on building, refining and, when the time comes, quietly selling their collections. We work across the Old Masters, nineteenth-century and Modern painting, and works on paper, with every work researched for provenance, condition and title before it reaches you.

Masters of light and shadow

Diego Velázquez, Juan de Pareja, 1650 — **Diego Velázquez**Juan de Pareja, 1650Illustration · The Met, Open Access

Francisco de Zurbarán, Saint Benedict, ca. 1640–45 — **Francisco de Zurbarán**Saint Benedict, ca. 1640–45Illustration · The Met, Open Access

Titian, Portrait of a Man, ca. 1515 — **Titian**Portrait of a Man, ca. 1515Illustration · The Met, Open Access

Shown from public collections to illustrate the schools we advise on. Works available to our clients are presented privately.

Expert guidance

Specialists in Art Acquisition

The heart of what we do is buying and selling well. We search the trade, the auction houses and private collections for the right work, examine it with independent specialists and negotiate in confidence. When you wish to sell, we place works by private treaty with collectors and institutions we know, or advise on the saleroom when it serves you better. Condition, framing, conservation, shipping and insurance are arranged with trusted partners.

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Art beyond the gallery

Art at Altitude, Afloat and at Home

A collection does not stay in one place. We choose paintings, marbles and works on paper for where they will live: the cabin of a private aircraft, the saloon of a yacht, the library of a new house. Each is chosen by scale, light and conditions, then framed, mounted, secured and insured by certified specialists.

Within Smith & Smith, the work is shared. With Atlas, works are chosen for salt air and movement and installed with the yard during build or refit. With Mille Six, a hanging plan and the place for a sculpture are drawn while the house is still being found. For the aircraft, we work with SLG, whose Art & Interiors practice prepares cabins from the first inspection.

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