Jean-Baptiste Greuze
A young woman appearing behind a curtain, her hand at her mouth
Auction Closed
January 25, 04:44 PM GMT
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Jean-Baptiste Greuze
Tournus 1725 - 1805 Paris
A young woman appearing behind a curtain, her hand at her mouth
Red chalk;
signed in red chalk, lower center: Greuze
420 by 318 mm; 16½ by 12½ in.
From the artist's studio, with related inventory number, '8-No 56',
probably acquired by the Grand Duke Petrovich from the artist;
Académie des Beaux-Arts, St. Petersburg (L.2699a; with portfolio number 80-3-3, no. 42);
sale, Leipzig, C.G. Boerner, 29 April 1931, lot 99;
sale, New York, Sotheby's, 13 January 1989, lot 12;
sale, New York, Christie's, 9 January 1991, lot 60;
sale, London, Christie's, 6 July 1999, lot 185
probably acquired by the Grand Duke Petrovich from the artist;
Académie des Beaux-Arts, St. Petersburg (L.2699a; with portfolio number 80-3-3, no. 42);
sale, Leipzig, C.G. Boerner, 29 April 1931, lot 99;
sale, New York, Sotheby's, 13 January 1989, lot 12;
sale, New York, Christie's, 9 January 1991, lot 60;
sale, London, Christie's, 6 July 1999, lot 185
F. Monod and L. Hautecoeur, Les Dessins de Greuze conservés a L'Académie des Beaux-Arts de Saint Petersbourg, Paris, 1922, p. 36;
Greuze the Draftsman, exhib.cat., New York, The Frick Collection, 2002, p. 154, under cat. no. 50, reproduced fig. 124
Greuze the Draftsman, exhib.cat., New York, The Frick Collection, 2002, p. 154, under cat. no. 50, reproduced fig. 124
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