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Jean-Baptiste Greuze

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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.

Broken Eggs

1756

Reclining nude woman on a white bed with a man in a turban beside her and an eagle among clouds above.

Aegina Visited by Jupiter

ca. 1767-69

Oil portrait of a man in a powdered wig, pink silk coat, gold embroidered waistcoat and lace jabot against a dark background.

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

Head of a Young Woman

possibly 1780s

Study of a Woman’s Head

ca. 1780

Portrait of a seated woman in a white bonnet and dark blue dress, hands resting on a red book at a table.

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

Head of a Young Boy

1763

Young woman tenderly supports an emaciated old man beside prison bars in a dim interior, painted in oil.

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.

Guitar player

1757

Oil painting of a young girl in a white bonnet reading an open book at a table against a dark background.

Girl with a book

Painting of a young woman with head tilted back and eyes closed, wearing a loose white chemise and pink hair ribbon against a

The Dreamer

Painting of a curly-haired boy with a spoon and bowl beside a spaniel, watched by a seated woman in a kitchen interior.

Spoiled Child

1760

Oil portrait of a smiling young girl in a white ruffled bonnet with blue ribbon and dark dress against a brown background.

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.

A Girl with a Dead Canary

1765

Oval portrait of a young woman in a white dress holding pink roses, beside a dark fountain and a grey pitcher.

The broken pitcher

1771

Half-length oil portrait of a man in a dark coat and white cravat holding a book, against a dark background.

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.

Claude-Henri Watelet

1765

Oval portrait of a young man in a powdered wig and turquoise coat with lace trim, against a brown background.

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.

La Prière du matin

1800

Oil portrait of a young woman in a white bonnet and fichu, head resting on her hand beside a wooden chair.

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 de jeune fille

Oval portrait of a young woman in a white bonnet with blue ribbon, looking down while reading an open book.

La Liseuse

Oil study of a young woman with upturned gaze, pink hair ribbon and white drapery against a dark background.

Tête de jeune femme

1775

Oval portrait of a man in a powdered wig and blue military coat with red collar and gold epaulette.

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.

Jeune fille au chat

Half-length portrait of an older man in a black cap holding a palette and brushes, against a dark background.

Portrait du peintre Etienne Jeaurat (1699-1789)

Oval portrait of a man in a gray wig, black coat and white cravat against a dark background, in a gilded frame.

Portrait de Jean-Charles Pierre Lenoir

1778

Round miniature portrait of an elderly man with grey hair and open white collar against a dark background, in a bronze frame.

Portrait d'homme à col ouvert

1795

Round miniature on a gold-rimmed box lid showing a woman in white with a brown horse beside her.

Boîte

1774

Portrait of a young boy with curly red hair, white ruffled collar, black jacket and red waistcoat, in a gilded frame.

Petit Garçon au gilet rouge

1775

Oil portrait of a curly red-haired boy with open white shirt and dark blue jacket, in an ornate gilded frame.

Petit Garçon blond à la chemise ouverte

1760

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

Young shepherd holding a flower

1756

Oval oil portrait of a young woman with curly brown hair and a white drape, in an ornate gilded frame.

Portrait of a Young Woman

1755

Oil portrait of an older man with white curled hair, holding a pen near his shoulder, against a dark background.

Self-portrait

1804

Oil portrait of a child with auburn hair, red collar and dark green coat, gazing to the side against a dark background.

Portrait of a child

1789

Painting of a young girl with auburn curls looking upward while holding a white dove against a starry dark background.

Voluptuosidad

1789

Painting of a kneeling young woman in white dress and black shawl, gazing upward in prayer beside a chair and candlestick.

La Prière du matin

1775

Oil painting of an elderly blind man seated beside a young woman and a young man in a dim, rustic interior.

'Blind Man Deceived' by Jean-Baptiste Greuze, 1755, Pushkin Museum

1755

Painting of a pastoral procession with a white ox cart, musicians, women and children in a landscape with trees and a rocky h

Le premier sillon

1801

Oil portrait of a young girl with wavy auburn hair glancing sideways, wearing white drapery and a grey shawl against a dark b

Bust of a girl

1790

Oil portrait of a young woman with pearls in her hair gazing upward while cradling a brown and white dog.

Girl with a dog in her hands

Oval portrait of a young woman in a white silk dress holding a pink carnation and a basket of flowers.

Portrait de Madeleine Barberie de Courteilles

1759

Portrait of a seated man in white satin playing a harp, with a classical bust and gilt chair beside him.

Ange Laurent de La Live de Jully

1759

Oil portrait of a young girl in a white ruffled bonnet and blue dress, glancing sideways against a dark background.

Portrait of a Girl

Oval portrait of a man with gray hair in a dark coat and green waistcoat, holding an open book, in a gilded frame.

Citizen Bernard Dubard

1799

Oil portrait of a young boy with powdered wig and olive jacket with lace collar against a dark oval background.

Mozart

1750

Oil portrait of a young woman with curled hair, white ruffled collar and white dress against a dark background.

Portrait of a Young Woman

1790

Painting of a peddler with a basket confronted by two women at a stone doorway, with children and a dog nearby.

La Geste Napolitain

1757

Oil portrait of a young woman with powdered grey hair, blue dress and white neck bow, glancing to the side.

Greuze Portrait of a young woman RISDM 2015-83

1760

Oval portrait of a young blonde woman with a blue ribbon in her hair, glancing over her bare shoulder, in a gilded frame.

Head of a Girl

1770

Painting of a red-haired woman with a floral wreath, gazing upward with bare shoulder and cream drapery against a dark backgr

Ariadne

1750

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a blue satin dress with fur trim, lace cuffs, and a gilded chair against a dark background.

Portrait of Marie Angélique Vérany de Varennes, Mme Georges Gougenot de Croissy

1757

Oil painting of a young boy with reddish hair, gazing upward, wearing a white collared shirt and dark vest.

Tête de garçonnet

1750

Oil portrait of a woman in Turkish-style fancy dress with feathered turban, yellow satin gown, and fur-trimmed blue cloak.

Portrait of a Lady in Turkish Fancy Dress

1790

Grey wash drawing of a kneeling young woman before a seated older man, surrounded by distressed women, a dog, and classical c

The Guilty and Repentant Daughter

early 1770s

Red chalk drawing of a man with curly hair resting his hand against his chin, set against hatched shading.

Head of Caracalla

c. 1768

Red chalk drawing of a young woman in a headscarf, gazing upward with one hand raised to her head.

Head of a Young Woman

c. 1785

Grey wash drawing of a family in a dim room, a man raising his arm as others plead and a soldier stands by a door.

The Father's Curse: The Ungrateful Son

about 1778

Brown wash drawing of a charitable woman and a girl visiting an elderly man lying in bed in a draped interior.

The Charitable Woman (La Dame de Charité)

1772-1775

Brown and white chalk drawing of an old woman in a headscarf with both arms outstretched, standing on tan paper.

Old Woman with Arms Outstretched (Study for The Neapolitan Gesture)

1756

Head of an Old Man

about 1755

Red chalk drawing of an elderly woman in a white headscarf and frilled bonnet, head turned, gazing sideways with a serious ex

Study of the Head of an Old Woman

about 1772-1775

Head of a Girl

1763

Pencil portrait drawing of an elderly man with spectacles, wavy hair, and a serious expression, wearing a buttoned coat.

Half-Length Portrait of an Old Man

Ink and wash drawing of a group of figures, two men bending over a draped form with a child at left and a faint sketched figu

Figure group with two men trying to tie the hooves of a dead hind lying on the ground

Red chalk drawing of two washerwomen kneeling over laundry, one holding up a cloth beside a wicker basket.

Two washerwomen

Red chalk drawing of a young woman's head in a white cap and shawl, turned to the side, by Jean-Baptiste Greuze.

Girl's head with a cap

1763

Grey wash drawing of an armored knight grabbing a monk's beard beside a horse, with a woman and a large tree.

Does he grab him by the chin with wild hate / And tear out of his beard what he can grasp (Rodomont and the Monk)

1773

Woman's head with tied-up hair in profile to the right

1780

Red chalk drawing of a seated male nude twisting his torso, with arm raised behind head and grey shading on tinted paper.

Seated male nude

Youth in three-quarter profile to the left

Pen and brown wash drawing of an old woman reading a glass with three young women in a rustic interior.

Old woman, telling the future to three young women from a glass

Grey wash drawing of a woman and two children pleading with a man beside a forge and anvil in a smithy.

In a smithy a woman with two children implores a man

Red and black chalk drawing of a smiling girl with a tilted head wearing a ruffled headscarf, on buff paper.

Head of Smiling Girl

1765

Ink and wash drawing of a street performer showing a dancing doll on a table to a crowd of children and adults.

Savoyard with a Dancing Doll

1650

Red and black chalk drawing of a curly-haired boy leaning over a wooden barrel beside a copper basin and pitcher.

Boy with a Broken Egg

1756

Grey wash drawing of a family confrontation in a room, with a man gesturing angrily while women and children recoil.

A Father Curses hos Ungrateful Son

1777

Red and black chalk drawing of an elderly man with long curly hair gazing upward, turned to the left.

Head of an Old Man, Study for A Marriage Contract

1761

Red chalk drawing of an elderly woman in a headscarf, face tilted upward with deep wrinkles and open mouth.

Head of an Old Woman Looking Up

ca. 1763

Red chalk drawing of a young girl with curled hair and a ribbon, gazing upward with a soft, expressive face.

Head of a Girl Looking Up

n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a girl's head tilted downward, with loose curls and a sketched shoulder on cream paper.

Girl's Head

n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a dining room scene: a woman raising a glass in anger while others restrain her, a dog and overturned ch

The Angry Wife

ca. 1785

Red chalk drawing of a reclining muscular male nude beside a pouring urn, with draped cloth and sketched figures above.

Reclining River God

n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of an interior with a seated woman, children, a kneeling figure, a dog and a crowd of onlookers.

Presentation of the Illegitimate Child

n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a young woman seated on a chair, spinning with a distaff, wearing a lace shawl and draped skirt.

Bolognese Peasant Girl with a Distaff

1755

Gray wash drawing of a seated woman in a straw hat holding a hand warmer beside a draped chair.

Florentine Woman Wearing a Butterfly Cap and Holding a Hand Warmer

1755

Gray wash drawing of a farmer and young man with oxen and a plow on a country road, trees framing the scene, a dog in front.

A Farmer Entrusting the Plow to His Son

n.d.

Brown ink and wash study of standing and reclining figures in an interior with draped cloth, by Jean-Baptiste Greuze.

Kompositionsstudie für "Sophronie"

1768

Red chalk drawing of a child's head tilted downward, with lowered eyes, pinned-up curled hair, and a tied ribbon at the neck.

Child's Head