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Lot 195*
Circle of Jean Baptiste Greuze(Tournus 1725-1805 Paris)Study of a young girl, bust-length, within a painted oval
6 April 2017, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £7,750 inc. premium
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Circle of Jean Baptiste Greuze (Tournus 1725-1805 Paris)
Study of a young girl, bust-length, within a painted oval
oil on canvas
38.8 x 30.3cm (15 1/4 x 11 15/16in).
oil on canvas
38.8 x 30.3cm (15 1/4 x 11 15/16in).
Footnotes
Provenance
The Thomson Galleries, Detroit, 1938, where purchased by
Viola Bray, Michigan, USA (1873-1961) and thence by descent through the family to the present owner
The present composition is taken from a work by Greuze that was exhibited in 1936 at the Musée Rath, Geneva. The lot is accompanied by a copy of a letter from George Isarlov dated 23 September 1935 confirming his opinion that it is by Greuze.
