After long days in the kitchen, the chef Alain Verzeroli says he indulges in a “visual feast” to wind down. That involves communing with his art collection.

“There’s nothing more relaxing for me than to come home and be surrounded by all the pieces I’ve so carefully collected,” he said, standing in the foyer of his Midtown duplex, gesturing at the works adorning the walls and tables.

The French chef, 53, lives here with his wife, Isabelle Verzeroli, who is the vice president of marketing and communications for Cartier and his co-conspirator in art-buying. “Isabelle loves art, and I cannot buy anything without her liking the piece as much I do,” he said.

Mr. Verzeroli, the culinary director of the Manhattan French restaurants Shun and Le Jardinier, also happens to be an amateur photographer who began amassing art more than a decade ago in Tokyo. As a protégé of Joël Robuchon, Mr. Verzeroli was the executive chef of Mr. Robuchon’s namesake restaurant there.