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  • A portrait of a young woman gazing to the right edge, with powdered curls, a pearl hairpiece, a pale blue gown, and a delicate white neck bow.
  • A portrait of a young woman gazing to the right edge, with powdered curls, a pearl hairpiece, a pale blue gown, and a delicate white neck bow.

Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Portrait of a Young Woman

Maker

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French, 1725-1805)

Title

Portrait of a Young Woman

Year

ca. 1760

Medium

  • Oil on canvas

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Oil on canvas

Dimensions

40.6 x 37.8 cm (16 x 14 7/8 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum purchase in memory of Estise Mauran; Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund

Object Number

2015.83

Type

  • Paintings

Provenance

Christie's, London, Old Master & British Paintings Day Sale 10390, July 10, 2015, Lot 193.
Sotheby's New York: Friday, January 31, 2014 [Lot 00503], Old Master and 19th Century European Art
As: School of Jean Baptiste Greuze, Head of a woman
Anonymous sale ("Succession Madame D...,") Paris, Nouveau Drouot, 3 October 1980, no lot no. (as attributed to Louis Michel Van Loo)

Exhibition History

Intermission
Dec 16, 2016 – Jul 02, 2017

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Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French, 1725-1805)
Portrait of a Young Woman, ca. 1760
Oil on canvas
40.6 x 37.8 cm (16 x 14 7/8 inches)
Museum purchase in memory of Estise Mauran; Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund 2015.83

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