Venus d'ailleurs. Matériaux et objets voyageurs. Littérature Hence the sensual and nostalgic

Hence the sensual and nostalgic coloring of these women's faces

Based on documents from the French East India Company and on inventories of merchants and individuals after their deaths

Jean Fusaro

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Venus d'ailleurs. Matériaux et objets voyageurs. Littérature Hence the sensual and nostalgicFor its sixth season, the Petite Galerie aims to evoke, through materials and works of art, the exchanges between distant worlds, exchanges that long predate the emergence of a world globalized by the great explorations of the Renaissance. Since ancient times, colored stones, ebony, shells, and ivory have circulated over long distances: far from their place of origin, they become rare, precious, and imbued with meaning. Exotic animals also travel