Lot Essay
Edgar Munhall has confirmed the attribution to Greuze
THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR
JEAN-BAPTISTE GREUZE* (1725-1805)
Details
JEAN-BAPTISTE GREUZE* (1725-1805)
L'Effroi
oil on panel
18 x 15in. (45.8 x 38.1cm.)
L'Effroi
oil on panel
18 x 15in. (45.8 x 38.1cm.)
Provenance
Lebrun collection, Paris; sale, Paris, 19 Germinal, an VII (of the Revolutionary calendar)
'Un amateur des Flandres'; sale, Paris, Dec. 1862, lot 55
Febre collection; sale, Paris, 1882, 9500 francs to
M. Beurnouville; sale, 1883 (sold for 5000 francs)
Baron D'Erlanger, Leipzig (?) (according to an old label on the reverse of the panel)
Anon. sale, Christie's, London, July 8, 1983, lot 41
'Un amateur des Flandres'; sale, Paris, Dec. 1862, lot 55
Febre collection; sale, Paris, 1882, 9500 francs to
M. Beurnouville; sale, 1883 (sold for 5000 francs)
Baron D'Erlanger, Leipzig (?) (according to an old label on the reverse of the panel)
Anon. sale, Christie's, London, July 8, 1983, lot 41
Literature
J. Martin, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre de J.B. Greuze, 1908, no. 450
Exhibited
Priceton Art Museum, Princeton University, 1990--the present, on loan from the current owner
Engraved
Salmon,