Jean-Baptiste Greuze

105 works

Greuze wanted the Academy to receive him as a history painter, but in 1769 it took him in only as a genre painter. Read more

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Painting of a dejected young woman beside spilled eggs in a rustic room, with an older woman, a young man, and a child.

Charles Claude de Flahaut (1730-1809), Comte d'Angiviller

1763

Painted head of a young woman in a gray veil gazing upward, with dark curled hair and a white blouse against a dark backgroun

Madame Jean-Baptiste Nicolet (Anne Antoinette Desmoulins, 1743-1817)

late 1780s

Oval portrait of a young woman in a white ruffled dress with a small white dog wearing a blue wreath.

Princess Varvara Nikolaevna Gagarina (1762-1802)

ca. 1780-82

Oil portrait of a young boy with curly hair, turned to the side, wearing a grey jacket and brown waistcoat against a dark bac

Cimon and Pero: "Roman Charity"

about 1767

Young woman in a white cap wringing laundry over a basin, with a pewter jug, copper pans and a wicker basket nearby.

The Laundress (La Blanchisseuse)

1761

Young man in striped breeches and blue cloak playing a guitar in a dim room with dead birds and bottles on a table.

Head of a young girl in a bonnet

1760

Oval portrait of a young woman with head in hand, grieving beside a wicker cage holding a dead white canary.

Portrait of Jean-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne

1790

Oval portrait of a young man in a powdered wig and turquoise coat with lace cravat, against an olive background.

Portret van markies De Saint-Paul

1760

Man in a dark coat reading a large sheet by a window, with a shadowy figure and armchair at left.

Portrait of the Marquis de Saint-Paul

1760

Portrait of a seated man in white satin playing a harp, with a gilded cabinet and classical sculpture beside him.

Ange Laurent de La Live de Jully

probably 1759

Oil portrait of a young child with tousled brown hair and a white lace collar, gazing sideways against a dark background.

Portrait d'enfant, autrefois présumé Louis XVII

Oil portrait of a young girl in a white bonnet glancing sideways, holding a brown and white dog against a dark shawl.

Portrait de fillette au petit chien

Painting of a kneeling young woman in a white dress and black shawl, praying beside a chair in a dim interior.

Portrait de petite fille au bonnet blanc

Oval portrait of a smiling young woman with a blue ribbon in her hair, hand to her brow, and a pink rose at her bodice.

Portrait d'un adjudant-major d'un régiment de ligne

1790

Oval portrait of a curly-haired boy holding a dandelion, with a basket of flowers and a cloudy sky behind him.

Jeune berger qui tente le sort pour savoir s'il est aimé de sa bergère

1761

Oil portrait of a young woman with a white cap holding a black and white dog against a dark background.

Greuze wanted the Academy to receive him as a history painter, but in 1769 it took him in only as a genre painter. The Director called his new history picture unworthy of the Academy and of Greuze himself. Greuze quarrelled with his colleagues and stopped exhibiting until 1804. Born in Tournus in Burgundy, he had followed the portrait painter Grandon to Lyon and then to Paris. He painted portraits and genre scenes, and he died in the Louvre in great poverty in 1805. Browse 105 works by Jean-Baptiste Greuze from 35 museums, free to download in HD. Source: Wikipedia

Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Broken Eggs

Aegina Visited by Jupiter

Charles Claude de Flahaut (1730-1809), Comte d'Angiviller

Head of a Young Woman

Study of a Woman’s Head

Madame Jean-Baptiste Nicolet (Anne Antoinette Desmoulins, 1743-1817)

Princess Varvara Nikolaevna Gagarina (1762-1802)

Head of a Young Boy

Cimon and Pero: "Roman Charity"

The Laundress (La Blanchisseuse)

Guitar player

Girl with a book

The Dreamer

Spoiled Child

Head of a young girl in a bonnet

A Girl with a Dead Canary

The broken pitcher

Portrait of Jean-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne

Portret van markies De Saint-Paul

Claude-Henri Watelet

Portrait of the Marquis de Saint-Paul

Ange Laurent de La Live de Jully

Portrait d'enfant, autrefois présumé Louis XVII

Portrait de fillette au petit chien

La Prière du matin

Portrait de petite fille au bonnet blanc

Portrait de jeune fille

La Liseuse

Tête de jeune femme

Portrait d'un adjudant-major d'un régiment de ligne

Jeune berger qui tente le sort pour savoir s'il est aimé de sa bergère

Jeune fille au chat

Jean-Baptiste Greuze

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