Author(s):
french school, painter
greuze, jean-baptiste (tournus, 1725 - paris, 1805), author of the model
formerly attributed to greuze, jean-baptiste (tournus, 1725 - paris, 1805), painter
dating in century: 18th century
type(s) of object(s): painting
name(s): table
dimensions - artwork:
height: 45. 5cm
width: 41. 5cm
historical commentary:
this portrait of a little girl is an 18th century copy of a work by jean-baptiste greuze, engraved in reverse and in color by hauer, under the title "the little sister". The model for this engraving is surely the "lazy girl" which belongs to the collections of the queen of england (london, buckingham palace). Greuze painted a second version of this composition, a portrait of "young girl" kept at the condé museum in chantilly, which has several variations. The two different interpretations of this portrait are often considered as preparatory studies for the head of the bride's younger sister in the "accordée de village" (salon of 1761, paris, musée du louvre). It would rather seem that these two paintings are the isolated repetition of this figure and must be dated around 1765. Mode of acquisition: legacy
name of donor, testator, seller: cognacq, ernest
date of acquisition: 1928
institution: cognacq-jay museum, the taste of the 18th century
inventory number: j 40. Unknown date
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