LA MAISON STEINITZ

Founded in 1968, Maison Steinitz is today internationally recognized as one of the most prominent antique dealers in the Parisian market.

In 2009, continuing the work of his parents, Benjamin Steinitz founded SARL Steinitz, which he currently directs and which employs around thirty staff members. The gallery’s headquarters and exhibition space are located at 6 rue Royale in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, in an 18th-century townhouse with a courtyard.

Unique of its kind, SARL Steinitz, continuing the great tradition of the decorative arts trades in France, employs—beyond the exhibition gallery itself—a team of artisans working in its restoration workshops located across two sites, thereby contributing to the preservation of French craftsmanship and to the transmission of renowned expertise in fields such as cabinetmaking, carpentry, sculpture, and antique lighting.
The restoration teams are partly composed of master craftsmen whose presence within Maison Steinitz dates back more than thirty years. Originally trained by Bernard Steinitz, the father of Benjamin Steinitz, they now themselves take on the role of mentors to young craftsmen who regularly join the team, thus continually strengthening the remarkable spirit of the company.

In addition, the gallery staff includes, among others, a study office that allows us, through the creation of preparatory drawings and elevations, to install our woodwork and period decorations at our clients’ premises, as well as at international fairs, which has become a true signature of the gallery worldwide. A research department in art history completes this team, with the mission of tracing the provenance and history of the most important pieces in our inventory, further consolidating a reputation that is already widely recognized.

All this expertise is showcased and presented to the public, not only within the gallery itself but also at prestigious international exhibitions in which we have participated every year for several decades, in particular at TEFAF Maastricht and at the Fine Arts exhibition at the Grand Palais.
Last year, on the occasion of these exhibitions, the quality of our work was reflected in the acquisition of important objects by numerous private clients, and was also recognized and praised by several major national and international museums.
To illustrate this point, we can notably mention a set of six chairs from the Château d’Abondant—exhibited at the Paris Biennale in 2018—that have now returned to the Louvre; in 2025, the Louvre acquired from the gallery a marble bas-relief from the tomb of the Matignon family. The Château de Lunéville purchased a gilt bronze dressing mirror bearing the coat of arms of Elisabeth-Charlotte d’Orléans, niece of Louis XIV and Duchess of Lorraine—exhibited at the Paris Biennale in 2019—which will soon be returned to its original location; as well as a gilt bronze profile of the Grand Dauphin of France, son of Louis XIV—exhibited at the Fine Arts Salon in Paris in 2019—acquired by the Musée du Grand Siècle in Saint-Cloud.
These are just a few examples of such objects, which have since been followed by many others.

Regarding foreign museums, in 2019 alone the following were sold: to the Art Institute of Chicago, an important piece of furniture made around 1860 by Charles-Guillaume Diehl—exhibited at the Masterpiece London fair; to the National Gallery in Washington, a sculpture of Saint Sebastian in Spanish Renaissance marble—exhibited at the gallery; and to the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, New Hampshire (USA), an exceptional terracotta sculpture by Soldani Benzi—also exhibited at the Masterpiece London fair. More recently, the Nelson-Atkins Museum acquired from the gallery an important clock from the Rothschild collections.

These examples add to an already long list of objects sold by Galerie Steinitz over several decades to the world’s leading museums, such as the Louvre; the Musée d’Orsay; the Château de Versailles; the Château de Malmaison; the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York; and the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles.

Recognition by curators, major collectors, and other experts, both national and international, has made Galerie Steinitz today an essential player in its field.