Jean-Baptiste Greuze
Head of a Young Boy

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
On view

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ProvenancePossibly Ernest Cognacq (1839–1928), Paris; his nephew, Gabriel Cognacq (1880–1951), Paris; [John Levy galleries, 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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