Jean-Baptiste Greuze. Les dessins du Louvre - Exhibition catalog

To mark the 300th anniversary of the artist's birth in 1725, the famous Burgundy town where he was born has joined forces with the Musée du Louvre to pay him a well-deserved tribute. Chosen from the rich collection of the Cabinet des Dessins, thirty of the master's works reflect both his creative process...

To mark the 300th anniversary of the artist's birth in 1725, the famous Burgundy town where he was born has joined forces with the Musée du Louvre to pay him a well-deserved tribute. Chosen from the rich collection of the Cabinet des Dessins, thirty of the master's works reflect both his creative process and his desire to turn some of his most accomplished drawings into works in their own right, destined for a clientele of connoisseurs and collectors. All the master's favorite themes are illustrated here: genre scenes, moralistic subjects, expressive heads and portraits. They clearly underline the extent to which Denis Diderot was right when he described Jean-Baptiste Greuze as a "delicate and sensitive soul" who had imposed himself on his century.

Exhibition "Greuze, une palette d'émotions" presented at the Hôtel-Dieu - Musée de Tournus from May 24 to September 21, 2025.

French
80 pages / 40 illustrations

Éditions Faton