The Collection

The painting depicts a room full of objects with paintings on the walls or easel. It is probably the exposition room of an auction house. Some people observe the works of art kept inside glass cabinets,
showing different degrees of attention, like the elegantly dressed lady in the foreground.
The story told on the canvas strongly recalls the atmosphere of the Parisian Belle époque and conveys an image of contemporary life described in its more frivolous and elegant facets.