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A_Young_Peasant_Boy
Description:
Jean Baptiste Greuze (French, 1725–1805)
Title
A Young Peasant Boy
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
18 7/8 x 15 3/8 in. (47.9 x 39.1 cm)
Credit Line
The Friedsam Collection, Bequest of Michael Friedsam, 1931
In preparing his large subject pictures, Greuze frequently painted heads like this one as studies of various expressions. However, no links have been found between our canvas and any other known work. When it was exhibited in the Salon of 1763, the painting belonged to the great French collector Pierre-Jean Mariette.
Title
A Young Peasant Boy
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
18 7/8 x 15 3/8 in. (47.9 x 39.1 cm)
Credit Line
The Friedsam Collection, Bequest of Michael Friedsam, 1931
In preparing his large subject pictures, Greuze frequently painted heads like this one as studies of various expressions. However, no links have been found between our canvas and any other known work. When it was exhibited in the Salon of 1763, the painting belonged to the great French collector Pierre-Jean Mariette.
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