Galerie Lalique
Doesburg , The Netherlands
About the artdealer
Lalique Gallery's owner Benjamin Janssens is an expert in pre-war Lalique and is one of the few specialized Lalique dealers in the Netherlands. Janssens conducts research, has several publications to his name and has an enormous international network, including the descendants of René Lalique himself.
Lalique Gallery collaborates with major museums such as the Museo Calouste Gulbenkian in Lisbon, the Louvre Museum in Paris and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
From the age of five I became fascinated by René Lalique's work. My parents had quite a collection of art books. One of those books contained a vase by Lalique. A few years later I learned that it was a Bacchantes, a large vase with pictures of the companions of the wine god Bacchus.
Especially the deeply worked out female figures caught my attention. It seemed as if the figures could get off the vase in no time. From that moment on I decided to dedicate a large part of my life to this artist.
