Jean-Baptiste GREUZE (1725-1805) - Lot 124

Jean-Baptiste GREUZE (1725-1805) Bust-length portrait of a young girl TOILE 41 x 32.5 cm (scratches and small marks) 19th century gilded frame Our painting dates from around 1770. Provenance l Collection de la Maréchale Duchesse de Raguse, sa vente, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 14-15 décembre 1857, n°23 "She has a blue ribbon in her hair, and a white handkerchief on her shoulders; the expression of the physiognomy is gentle and naive. Greuze has lovingly painted this figure in a mixed manner that is neither too molten nor too jagged, with moderate and delicate impasto". Collection of Comte Spitalieri de Cessole (Nice), then by descent. Viewable by appointment only at Cabinet Turquin, 69 rue Saint-Anne, 75002 Paris, and sold by appointment. Expert l Cabinet Turquin