Jean-Baptiste Greuze
Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:
A Girl, This work is a portrait of a young girl. She is turned three-quarters to the left and she looks upward at something outside of the picture plane., 1765-1780
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FREN.0198; Public Notes: This works was acquired by bequest of Wynn Ellis in 1876. This piece is likely a fragment of a much larger work.
A Girl with a Lamb, This work is a portrait of a young girl holding a lamb. She is turned to the left nearly in profile and looks directly at the viewer., 1750-1800
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FREN.0199; Public Notes: This work was acquired by the National Gallery in 1884. This is an unfinished, late work.
Child Reading a Book, In this work, a young child sits thumbing through a book. The child looks directly at the viewer.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FREN.0202; Public Notes: According to our photograph, this work belonged in the collection of Charles Sedelmeyer in 1899.
Girl with a Dead Bird, In this work, a young woman looks with sad eyes at her dead pet bird that lies lifeless in her hands. She rests her elbow on the small cage that sits on the table in front of her.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FREN.0195; Public Notes: This image of a girl with her dead pet bird was a familiar theme in Greuze's work.
Girl with Doves, In this work, a young girl is depicted holding a basket in her lap and two doves in her hands. She wears a ribbon tied in her hair and looks directly at the viewer., 1799-1800
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FREN.0196; Public Notes:
Innocence, In this work, a young girl is depicted half naked and draped in a fabric. She holds a lamb in her lap., 1790-1795
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FREN.0201; Public Notes:
Morning Prayer, In this painting, a young woman kneels by her bedside in prayer. Behind her is a small table on which a candle and book sit.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FREN.0192; Public Notes: According to our photograph, this work once belonged in the Cook Gallery.
Peasant Girl, In this work, a young peasant girl looks over her left shoulder out towards the viewer. She wears a handkerchief tied in her hair.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FREN.0190; Public Notes:
Portrait of a Girl, In this painting, a young woman sits draped in loose fabric and gazes blankly at something in the distance.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FREN.0191; Public Notes: According to the handwritten notes on our photograph, this work was sold at Sotheby's on 11-29-1967.
Portrait of a Little Girl looking over her Shoulder, This painting depicts a little girl looking over her left shoulder at the viewer. Her shoulder is exposed and the work contains subtle hints of eroticism., 1770-1779
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FREN.0193; Public Notes: This work was first sold at Sotheby's on December 9, 1936 (lot 80C). The work was sold a second time at Sotheby's on January 30, 2014 (lot 290).
Portrait of a Little Girl looking over her Shoulder, This painting depicts a young girl with long dark hair looking directly at the viewer. The young girl's breast is exposed and the work contains subtle hints of eroticism., c.1770-1779
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FREN.0194; Public Notes: This work was first sold at Sotheby's on December 9, 1936 (lot 80B).
Portrait of a Man, In this work, an elderly man looks at the viewer over his left shoulder.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FREN.0197; Public Notes: According to this photograph, the painting once belonged in the collection of Louis Fournier. It was sold June 24, 1924.
Portrait of the Engraver Georges Wille, This work is a portrait of the German engraver Georges Willes. He turns his face towards the right of the composition and looks at something outside of the picture plane., 1763
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FREN.0205; Public Notes:
Sketch of a Child, This work is sketch of a young child.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FREN.0206; Public Notes:
The Wool Winder, This piece is a detail image of Greuze's The Wool Winder. Here we see a close-up of the girl's hands. She holds a basket in her lap and a ball of wool string in her hands., c.1759
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FREN.0189; Public Notes:
Voluptuousness, In this work, a young girl is depicted holding a dove and gazing upward lovingly., c.1790
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FREN.0203; Public Notes: According to our photograph, this work once belonged in the Beraudiere collection. This work is very similar to Greuze's piece entitled "Voluptuousness" which is housed at the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia.
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