Portrait of the Marquis de Saint-Paul
Jean-Baptiste Greuze
c. 1760
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
h 55cm × w 45cm
Classification
painting
Museum
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
About this artwork
Ovaal portret van marquis de Saint Paul, buste naar rechts met zijn steek onder de linkerarm.
About the Artist
Jean-Baptiste Greuze · 1725–1805
Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725–1805) was a French painter whose moralistic genre scenes and expressive portraits made him one of the most celebrated and controversial artists of the eighteenth century. Born in Tournus, Burgundy, Greuze traveled to Paris in his youth and trained under Charles Grandon before gaining admission to the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture, where he made a sensationa...