| Medium/Support: |
Red chalk on paper. |
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| Dimensions: |
15 x 12 3/16 inches (382 x 310 mm) |
| Credit: |
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909. |
| Genres: |
Drawings --French --18th century. |
| Notes: |
Greuze made more than one version of this study which, while related to
his painting of 1777, "The Return of the Prodigal Son", now in the
collection of The Hermitage in St. Petersburg, is not really preparatory
for it, but rather a "tête d’expression", a study intended to
represent a particular emotional condition. |
| Inscriptions/Markings: |
Inscribed in pencil at lower right, "Greuze". |
| Provenance: |
Charles Fairfax Murray (1849-1919), London and Florence; from whom
purchased through Galerie Alexandre Imbert, Rome, in 1909 by Pierpont
Morgan (1837-1913), New York (no mark; see Lugt 1509); his son, J. P.
Morgan, Jr. (1867-1943), New York. |
| Associated Names: |
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner. |
|
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner. |
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