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Jean-Baptiste Greuze

59 works held in 19 museums

French painter of moral and sentimental genre scenes, portraitist and draughtsman, 1725-1805

Self-Portrait in Old Age, Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Self-Portrait in Old Age, 1804.

Autoportrait âgé (museum title)

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French), oil on canvas

Marseille Museum of Fine Arts (Palais Longchamp), France

Édouard Bertin, Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Édouard Bertin, 1800s.

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French), oil on wood

Louvre Museum, France

The Morning Prayer, Jean-Baptiste Greuze

The Morning Prayer, c. 1780.

La Prière du matin (museum title)

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French), oil on wood

Musée Fabre, France

Princess Varvara Nikolaevna Gagarina (1762–1802), Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Princess Varvara Nikolaevna Gagarina (1762–1802), c. 1780–1782.

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The King's Cake, Jean-Baptiste Greuze

The King's Cake, 1774.

Le Gâteau des rois (museum title)

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French), oil on canvas

Musée Fabre, France

Roman Charity: Cimon and His Father, Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Roman Charity: Cimon and His Father, c. 1770.

La Charité romaine : Cimone et son père (museum title)

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French), oil on canvas

Louvre Museum, France

Self-Portrait, Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Self-Portrait, c. 1767.

Autoportrait (museum title)

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French), oil on canvas

Greuze Museum, France

The Well-Loved Mother, Jean-Baptiste Greuze

The Well-Loved Mother, 1765.

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French), pastel and colored chalks with stumping on light golden-brown laid paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Study for "L'Accordée du village", Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Study for "L'Accordée du village", c. 1761.

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French), red and black chalk over traces of graphite, watercolor and gouache

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Little Lazy Boy, Jean-Baptiste Greuze

The Little Lazy Boy, 1755.

Le Petit Paresseux (museum title)

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French), oil on canvas

Musée Fabre, France

Portrait of a Man, Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Portrait of a Man, 1804.

Portrait d'un homme (museum title)

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French), oil on canvas

Marseille Museum of Fine Arts (Palais Longchamp), France

Portrait of a Lady in Turkish Fancy Dress, Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Portrait of a Lady in Turkish Fancy Dress, c. 1790.

Portrait d'une dame (museum title)

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French), oil on canvas

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, United States

The Little Mathematician, Jean-Baptiste Greuze

The Little Mathematician, c. 1780–1800.

Le Petit Mathématicien (museum title)

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French), oil on canvas

Musée Fabre, France

Young Girl with Clasped Hands, Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Young Girl with Clasped Hands, c. 1780.

Jeune-fille aux mains jointes (museum title)

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French), oil on canvas

Musée Fabre, France

Bust of the Paralytic, Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Bust of the Paralytic, c. 1773.

Buste du paralytique (museum title)

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French), oil on canvas

Musée Fabre, France

The Guilty and Repentant Daughter, Jean-Baptiste Greuze

The Guilty and Repentant Daughter, 1770s.

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French), brush and black and gray wash over black chalk

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Study for Septimius Severus and Caracalla, Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Study for Septimius Severus and Caracalla, 1767.

Étude pour Septime Sévère et Caracalla (museum title)

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French), oil on canvas

Greuze Museum, France

Charles Claude de Flahaut (1730–1809), Comte d'Angiviller, Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Charles Claude de Flahaut (1730–1809), Comte d'Angiviller, 1763.

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Claude Henri Watelet, Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Claude Henri Watelet, 1760s.

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French), oil on canvas

Louvre Museum, France

The Bible Reading, Jean-Baptiste Greuze

The Bible Reading, 1755.

La Lecture de la Bible (museum title)

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French), oil on canvas

Louvre Museum, France

Self-Portrait, Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Self-Portrait, 1804.

Autoportrait (museum title)

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French), oil on canvas

Phoenix Art Museum, United States

Portrait of a Young Woman, Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Portrait of a Young Woman, 1790–1805.

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French), oil on wood

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, United States

Head of a Young Woman, Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Head of a Young Woman, 1780s.

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Punished Son, Jean-Baptiste Greuze

The Punished Son, 1778.

Le Fils puni (museum title)

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French), oil on canvas

Louvre Museum, France

The Charitable Woman (La Dame de Charité), Jean-Baptiste Greuze

The Charitable Woman (La Dame de Charité), 1772–1775.

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French), brush and black ink, gray and brown wash over black chalk, heightened with opaque white watercolor, on blue paper

J. Paul Getty Museum, United States

Tender Desire, Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Tender Desire, c. 1769.

Le tendre désir (museum title)

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French), oil on canvas

Musée Condé, France

Sacrifice to Love, Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Sacrifice to Love, c. 1766.

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French), gray and black wash over graphite on laid paper, with framing line in brown ink

National Gallery of Art, United States

Head of a Young Boy, Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Head of a Young Boy, 1763.

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Ange Laurent de La Live de Jully, Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Ange Laurent de La Live de Jully, c. 1759.

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art, United States

Head of a Young Boy (Pierre-Alexandre Wille?), Study, Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Head of a Young Boy (Pierre-Alexandre Wille?), Study, c. 1755.

Tête de jeune garçon (Pierre-Alexandre Wille ?) ; étude (museum title)

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French), oil on canvas

Louvre Museum, France

Portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte as First Consul, with the City of Antwerp in the Background, Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte as First Consul, with the City of Antwerp in the Background, 1803.

Portrait de Napoléon Bonaparte en habit de Premier Consul… (museum title)

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French), oil on canvas

Fesch Museum, Ajaccio, France

Psyche Crowning Cupid, Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Psyche Crowning Cupid, 1785–1790.

Psyche Couronnant l'Amour (museum title)

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French), oil on canvas

Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, France

Study of a Woman’s Head, Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Study of a Woman’s Head, c. 1780.

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French), oil on wood

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Father's Curse: The Ungrateful Son, Jean-Baptiste Greuze

The Father's Curse: The Ungrateful Son, c. 1778.

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French), brush and gray wash over graphite, squared in graphite

J. Paul Getty Museum, United States

The Broken Pitcher, Jean-Baptiste Greuze

The Broken Pitcher, 1771.

La Cruche cassée (museum title)

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French), oil on canvas

Louvre Museum, France

Cimon and Pero: "Roman Charity", Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Cimon and Pero: "Roman Charity", c. 1767.

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French), oil on canvas

J. Paul Getty Museum, United States

Jean Jacques Caffiéri (1725–1792), Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Jean Jacques Caffiéri (1725–1792), c. 1765.

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Laundress (La Blanchisseuse), Jean-Baptiste Greuze

The Laundress (La Blanchisseuse), 1761.

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French), oil on canvas

J. Paul Getty Museum, United States

Portrait of Marie Angélique Vérany de Varennes, Mme Georges Gougenot de Croissy, Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Portrait of Marie Angélique Vérany de Varennes, Mme Georges Gougenot de Croissy, 1757.

Portrait de Marie Angélique Vérany de Varennes, Mme Georges… (museum title)

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French), oil on canvas

New Orleans Museum of Art, United States

The happy mother, Jean-Baptiste Greuze

The happy mother, c. 1755.

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French), oil on canvas

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Netherlands

The Dead Bird, Jean-Baptiste Greuze

The Dead Bird, 1800.

L'Oiseau mort (museum title)

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French), oil on wood

Louvre Museum, France

The Angry Wife, Jean-Baptiste Greuze

The Angry Wife, c. 1785.

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French), brush and black and gray wash, heightened with white, over traces of graphite

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Madame Jean-Baptiste Nicolet (Anne Antoinette Desmoulins, 1743–1817), Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Madame Jean-Baptiste Nicolet (Anne Antoinette Desmoulins, 1743–1817), 1780s.

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French), oil on wood

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Father's Curse - The Ungrateful Son, Jean-Baptiste Greuze

The Father's Curse - The Ungrateful Son, 1777.

La Malédiction paternelle (museum title)

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French), oil on canvas

Louvre Museum, France

Young Girl Seen from Behind, Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Young Girl Seen from Behind, c. 1770–1780.

Jeune Fille vue de dos (museum title)

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French), oil on canvas

Musée Fabre, France

Aegina Visited by Jupiter, Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Aegina Visited by Jupiter, c. 1767–1769.

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Young Girl, Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Young Girl, c. 1765.

Jeune fille (museum title)

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French), oil on canvas

Musée Condé, France

The Village Betrothal, Jean-Baptiste Greuze

The Village Betrothal, 1761.

L'Accordée de village (museum title)

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French), oil on canvas

Louvre Museum, France

Broken Eggs, Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Broken Eggs, 1756.

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Young Boy, Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Young Boy, 1750–1775.

Jeune garçon (museum title)

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French), oil on wood

Musée Condé, France

Works by Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805), in the public domain, each linked to its record in the museum that holds it. Born in Tournus, Greuze triumphed at the Salon with scenes of family life that Diderot admired, then divided his time between portraits, expressive heads and large moral or antique compositions. Only works that the museums attribute to him without reservation, and of which a freely reusable photograph exists, are included: museum files under CC0 or in the public domain, or photographs from Wikimedia Commons in the public domain or under a free licence, whose origin is given on the page of the work. Head studies and sketches are shown sparingly. The titles are those of the museums, with their translation.