Women and Children Mourning a Dead Man
<p>In the third quarter of the 18th century, a young generation of artists developed a sober, almost classicizing reaction to the artificial frivolities of artists like François Boucher. Greuze depicted scenes from daily life that were intended to be inspirational or morally uplifting. This drawing is a study for his painting of 1778 (now in the Musée du Louvre, Paris) showing the errant son who has returned home just as his father has died.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1778
- Dimensions
- 24.9 × 32.4 cm (9 13/16 × 12 13/16 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Jean Baptiste Greuze
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- Jean Baptiste Greuze
- Year
- 1778
- Dimensions
- 24.9 × 32.4 cm (9 13/16 × 12 13/16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1778-127600
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
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- verified