About this artwork
This remarkable study of dignified old age is a poignant, rare portrait of Jean-Baptiste Greuze’s mother, Claudine, made when she was approximately 75 years old. Recently discovered, it documents a tender reunion of mother and son. Greuze visited his family in Tournus in 1755 on his way to Italy with Abbot Gougenot. A related drawing in a private Parisian collection has been identified as Madame Greuze Embracing Her Son after 20 Years Absence; the date of that work suggests that the present sheet was also made in 1775.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Prints and Drawings
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Artist
- Jean Baptiste Greuze
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Title
- Portrait of the Artist's Mother
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Place
- France (Artist's nationality)
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Date
- 1775
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Medium
- Black, red, and white chalk with stumping on brownish-gray laid paper, laid down on a ivory laid card
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Dimensions
- 37.7 × 29.3 cm (14 7/8 × 11 9/16 in.)
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Credit Line
- Gift of Celia and David Hilliard in honor of Suzanne Folds McCullagh
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Reference Number
- 2008.623
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/197866/manifest.json
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