Lot Essay
Edgar Munhall confirmed the attribution to Greuze on the basis of a photograph in a letter to the previous owner dated 1 March 2003. Dr. Munhall dates the drawing to circa 1790 and compares it to the drawing of the Lamentation (E. Munhall, Greuze the Draftsman, exhib. cat., New York, The Frick Collection, and elsewhere, 2002, no. 90) and points to the influence of Romney's drawing style. Greuze visited Romney in London in 1790.