Jean-Baptiste Greuze
Head of a Young Boy

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Artist Jean-Baptiste GreuzeFrench, 1725–1805

CultureFrench

Titles

Head of a Young Boy
Portrait of a Boy

Date1760s

PlaceFrance

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensionsimage: 16 3/8 × 13 1/8 in. (41.6 × 33.3 cm)

Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston

Object numberBF.1989.1

Current Location

The Audrey Jones Beck Building

217 Blaffer Galleries

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Department

Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenancePossibly Ernest Cognacq (1839–1928); by descent, Gabriel Cognacq (d. 1951); John Levy, New York; [Parke-Bernet, New York, May 26, 1963, lot 23]; [P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., New York]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 1989.

Exhibition HistoryExhibited: “Masterpieces of European Painting from the 15th to 20th Centuries from
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Sarah Campbell Baffer Foundation," touring Japan from April 13 thru October 3, 1999. Exhibition venues:The Museum of Art, Ehime, Matsuyama, Japan, 13 April - 30 May 1999; Chiba Prefectural Art Museum, Chiba, Japan, 5 June - 11 July 1999; Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Tsu, Japan, 17 July - 22 August 1999; Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan, 27 August - 3 October 1999. Exhibition catalogue (in Japanese only).

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