Lot Essay
The present drawing, made as an independent work of art, is dated late in Greuze's career, circa 1800.
Details
Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805)
The Crippled guiding the Blind
with inscriptions 'J.B. Greuze del' and 'L'AVEUGLE ET LE PARALYTIQUE (FABLE)' on the mount; black chalk, pen and brown ink, grey wash
285 x 382mm.
The Crippled guiding the Blind
with inscriptions 'J.B. Greuze del' and 'L'AVEUGLE ET LE PARALYTIQUE (FABLE)' on the mount; black chalk, pen and brown ink, grey wash
285 x 382mm.
Provenance
Couvreur Sale ; Paris, 1-2 December 1875.
Literature
J. Martin, Catalogue de l'oeuvre de Greuze, Paris, 1908, no. 387.