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Young Artist at a Drawing Board

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Jean-Baptiste Greuze

The subject of this drawing reflects the artist’s own experience as a student at the Académie Royale in Paris.
Artist
Jean-Baptiste Greuze
(French, 1725 - 1805)
Title
Young Artist at a Drawing Board
Date
ca. 1756-1757
Medium
Ink and wash over graphite
Dimensions
9 1/8 x 6 1/2 in. Overall
Credit
Class of 1943 Gift Fund purchase
Accession No.
1973.139
Classification
Drawings & Watercolors
Geography
France

Related

<span>May 29-30 1876, sold in a sale from the private collection of Pieter van der Dussen van Beeftingh (Rotterdam, Netherlands), lot 614. In the collection of a private collector (Paris, France). By 1968, in the collection of Wildenstein &amp; Co., Inc. (New York, NY); 1973, Wildenstein &amp; Co., Inc (New York, NY) sells to Elvehjem Art Center [now called the Chazen Museum of Art] (Madison, WI)</span>

  • Munhall, Edgar. "Greuze the Draftsman." London and New York: Merrell Publishers and the Frick Collection, 2002. pp. 38-39
  • Wind, Barry. "Old Master Drawings from Area Collections." Milwaukee, Wis.: Milwaukee Art Museum, 1997. p. 34, no. 20
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Handbook of the Collection." Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Madison, 1990. no. 62
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Bulletin/Elvehjem Art Center Bulletin/Annual Report 1973-1974. no. 5
  • Elvehjem Art Center. "French Graphics from the Elvehjem Art Center Collection." Madison: Elvehjem Art Center, 1975. pp. 9, 19, cat. no. 16

  • Old Master Drawings from the Permanent Collection: Chazen Museum of Art, 7/23/2005–10/9/2005
  • Greuze the Draftsman: The Frick Collection, 5/14/2002–12/1/2002
  • Old Master Drawings from Area Collections: Milwaukee Art Museum, 4/1/1997–6/1/1997
  • Hand of the Master, The: Drawings from the Elvehjem’s Collection: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 5/11/1985–7/28/1985
  • French Graphics from the Permanent Collection: Elvehjem Art Center, 4/11/1975–5/25/1975

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