Detail of the Study Head of Woman by Greuze in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, March 2011

Study Head of a Woman

Jean Baptiste Greuze (French, Tournus 1725–1805 Paris)

Medium: Oil on wood

Dimensions: 18 1/2 x 16 in. (47 x 40.6 cm)

Classification: Paintings

Credit Line: Purchase, 1871

Accession Number: 71.91

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This vigorously painted and affecting study has unconvincingly been associated with several moralizing compositions by Greuze each of which includes an imploring female protagonist. Such studies allowed Greuze to explore a whole range of expressions, and this one is not necessarily related to a specific picture.


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