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Galerie Chenel

Gallery Chenel is a family business that is driven by a passion for sculpture. It specializes in archaeological objects, with particular emphasis on Roman arts

Established in Paris in 1999, the gallery has grown over the years and it has settled on Quai Voltaire, opposite the Louvre Museum, where it has fitted a modern exhibition space, a shrine for antique pieces

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Every year, it organizes many thematic exhibitions and participates in numerous international fairs (Frieze Masters London, TEFAF New York and TEFAF Maastricht)

Galerie Chenel prides itself of offering objects of taste and quality. Expertise and attention to provenance, in order to give customers a full guarantee of authenticity, are primary to the gallery. Its professionalism ensures that all acquisitions can be made with confidence

The gallery counts among its clients curators as well as passionate collectors, decorators and art lovers. It has sold ancient sculptures to some of the world’s most important institutions, such as the Louvre Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Arts, the British Museum and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts

Galerie Chenel is a member of the Syndicat National des Antiquaires and IADAA(International Association of Dealers in Ancient Art)

 

Exhibitions

Mythes

Simon Porte Jacquemus’ first major curatorial undertaking, in collaboration with Galerie Chenel and Galerie Dina Vierny

Villa Medici
Finished October 20 - December 20 2025

 

Curated Archive

Helmeted Athena — 1st - 2nd century AD

Galerie Chenel

A serene gaze and crested form balance martial symbolism with classical restraint

 

Peplophoros Kore — ca. 2nd century AD

Galerie Chenel

Carved marble figure whose cascading drapery and absent head transform classical form into a rhythm, restraint, and enduring presence

 
 

Head of a Maenad — 1st century AD

Galerie Chenel

Roman marble fragment whose softened features and worn surface retain a quiet sense of ritual presence and classical restraint

 

Torso of a man — 1st - 2nd century AD

Galerie Chenel

Marble fragment whose softened musculature and weathered surface preserve the quiet force of classical form

 

Related Editorials

Provençal Dialogue with Antiquity

Galerie Dina Vierny, Galerie Chenel, and Simon Porte Jacquemus bring antiquity, Maillol, and the Provençal imagination into quiet conversation

 
 
 

Gallery Contact

Galerie Chenel

3 Quai Voltaire

75007 Paris, France
 

00 33 (1) 42 97 44 09

contact@galeriechenel.com

Monday to Friday 10am to 7pm
Saturday 2pm to 7pm

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