Charles Plante, director of Charles Plante Fine Arts, established the firm in 1988 and deals in European works of art from the 18th and 19th centuries, especially the neoclassical period, c. 1760-1840. He specializes in watercolour drawings of architecture, gardens and interiors, oil sketches on paper and small paintings, handsomely presented in frames of the period. He also offers “Grand Tour” works of art and sculpture, as well as French Empire and English Regency porcelain. Throughout the range of offer, an emphasis is placed on quality, condition, authenticity and provenance, and therefore frequently meeting museum standards and have been included in major public collections worldwide. Works from the cabinet of Charles Plante Fine Arts remain special and individually meaningful, each having a different tale to tell, ranging from the intimate to the sublime, from the charming to the spectacular.