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Jean Baptiste Greuze - Paintings


Jean Baptiste Greuze, who became a pioneer of Classicism by his pathetic-looking portraits of the, is regarded as the main representative of the moralizing genre painting in France.
Born on August 21, 1725 in Tournus (Burgundy).
Died on March 21, 1805 in Paris.
In his early work, Jean Baptiste Greuze especially painted religious pictures and portraits. While studying at the Paris Academy, he came into contact with the engravers Philippe Le Bas and Pierre Étienne Moitte whose pictures granted him access to the Dutch genre painting of the 18th century . From 1761, being already well recognized, Jean Baptiste Greuze began painting more moralizing, allegorical interpretive genre pictures, such as the famous painting "The Broken Jug," by which he established the term "peinture morale".
Jean Baptiste Greuze

Jean Baptiste Greuze - paintings - A Young Girl Holding a Dove
A Young Girl Holding a Dove

Jean Baptiste Greuze - paintings - A Young Man in a Hat
A Young Man in a Hat

Jean Baptiste Greuze - paintings - Head of a Young Girl
Head of a Young Girl

Jean Baptiste Greuze - paintings - Innocence
Innocence

Jean Baptiste Greuze - paintings - L Accordee de Village
L Accordee de Village

Jean Baptiste Greuze - paintings - Louis Francois Robin
Louis Francois Robin

Jean Baptiste Greuze - paintings - Portrait of a Young Woman
Portrait of a Young Woman

Jean Baptiste Greuze - paintings - Portrait of Abraham de Roquencourt
Portrait of Abraham de Roquencourt

Jean Baptiste Greuze - paintings - Portrait of Claude Henri Watalet
Portrait of Claude Henri Watalet

Jean Baptiste Greuze - paintings - Portrait of George Gougenot de Croissy
Portrait of George Gougenot de Croissy

Jean Baptiste Greuze - paintings - Portrait of Georges Wille
Portrait of Georges Wille

Jean Baptiste Greuze - paintings - Self Portrait
Self Portrait

Jean Baptiste Greuze - paintings - Septimius Severus and Caracalla
Septimius Severus and Caracalla

Jean Baptiste Greuze - paintings - The Broken Jug
The Broken Jug

Jean Baptiste Greuze - paintings - The Broken Mirror
The Broken Mirror

Jean Baptiste Greuze - paintings - The Complain of the Watch
The Complain of the Watch

Jean Baptiste Greuze - paintings - The Punished Son
The Punished Son

Jean Baptiste Greuze - paintings - The Spoiled Child
The Spoiled Child

Jean Baptiste Greuze - paintings - Votive Offering to Cupid
Votive Offering to Cupid

Jean Baptiste Greuze - paintings - Young Woman in a White Hat
Young Woman in a White Hat



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Jean Baptiste Greuze - paintings