Lot Essay
A study for the head in Le Baiser envoy of 1769 formerly in the collection of Baron Alfred de Rothschild, J. Rivers, Greuze and his Models, London, 1912, illustrated as the frontispiece.
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A young woman appearing behind a curtain, her hand at her mouth
Details
Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805)
A young woman appearing behind a curtain, her hand at her mouth
signed 'Greuze'
red chalk, fragmentary watermark device
418 x 318 mm.
A young woman appearing behind a curtain, her hand at her mouth
signed 'Greuze'
red chalk, fragmentary watermark device
418 x 318 mm.
Provenance
The artist's studio, with related inventory number '8-No 56'.
Probably acquired by the Grand Duke Paul Petrovich from the artist. Acadmie des Beaux-Arts, St. Petersburg, portfolio number '80-3-3, no. 42' (L. 2699a); C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, 29 April 1931, lot 12, illustrated.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's New York, 13 January 1989, lot 12.
Anon. sale, Christies New York, 9 January, 1991, lot 60.
Probably acquired by the Grand Duke Paul Petrovich from the artist. Acadmie des Beaux-Arts, St. Petersburg, portfolio number '80-3-3, no. 42' (L. 2699a); C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, 29 April 1931, lot 12, illustrated.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's New York, 13 January 1989, lot 12.
Anon. sale, Christies New York, 9 January, 1991, lot 60.
Literature
F. Monod and L. Hautecoeur, Les Dessins de Greuze conservs a L'Acadmie des Beaux-Arts de Saint Petersbourg, Paris, 1922, p. 36.
Engraved
Augustin de Saint-Aubin, 1771, for the Duc de Choiseul.
Louise Gaillard, 1774, with the title La Voluptueuse.
In mezzotint (fig. 1).
Louise Gaillard, 1774, with the title La Voluptueuse.
In mezzotint (fig. 1).