Master Paintings and Drawings

Master Paintings and Drawings

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Property from a New York Collection, Sold Without Reserve

Follower of Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Portrait of a young woman seated at a desk with three birds

Lot Closed

March 23, 03:23 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a New York Collection, Sold Without Reserve

Follower of Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Portrait of a young woman seated at a desk with three birds


oil on canvas

canvas: 17 by 12 ⅞ in.; 43.2 by 32.7 cm.

framed: 22 ½ by 20 ⅛ in.; 57.2 by 51.1 cm.

This composition is inspired by a similar painting in the National Gallery of Art, Washington (inv. 1960.6.19), that was quite popular in the late eighteenth century, though today some scholars do not believe it is the autograph work of Greuze.