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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 13, 2018 | Artcurial | Paris | Old Master & 19th Century Art | 73 | $****** - ****** | The Cave Of Posillipo Animated Characters | |||
Mar 26, 2015 | Sotheby's | Paris | Collection Louis Grandchamp des Raux: Le choix de l'élégance En association avec Artcurial | 27 | $****** - ****** | Portrait Of A Young Woman With White Headscarf | |||
Oct 26, 2001 | Christie's | New York | The Collection of the Late Andre Meyer | 127 | $****** - ****** | Bust if a girl |
paintings
47.5 x 40.5 cm (18.7 x 15.94 in)
oil on canvas
Probably sale of the collection of the Marquis de Felino, Paris, March 27, 1775, No. 79 (700 francs);
Probably sale of the collection Nogaret, Paris, March 18, 1782, No. 114 (750 books);
At Cailleux, Paris, in 1962;
André Meyer Collection;
His sale; New York, Christie's, October 26, 2001, No. 127;
Louis Grandchamp des Raux Collection, Brussels
Probably Jean Martin, 'Catalog raisonné of the painted and drawn work of J.-B. Greuze', Paris, 1906, p. 41, No. 612
oil on canvas
Young girl with a white headscarf, oil on canvas, by J.-B. Greuze
h: 47.50 w: 40.50 cm
In the center of the Village Grant 'are the bride and her younger sister, who puts her arm around her shoulder and cries at the thought of being separated. It is from this figure of little girl in the cap, the face leaning to the side and wiping a few tears, that must be compared the 'Young girl in the white kerchief' that we present, dated by Edgar Munhall around 1760 at the time of elaboration of the Village Agreement '. Munhall highlights the many variants made by Greuze from this character. One of the most famous versions was engraved by Hauer under the title 'The Little Sister'.
The expression heads of young girls and boys from Greuze were very successful and became one of the painter's specialties. These young peasant girls are represented in all their simplicity, for themselves, without any specific context, most in portrait format. The talent of the painter focuses on the rendering of the different expressions of these girls sometimes dreamy, sometimes nostalgic, whose thoughts are revealed to the viewer by a sustained look, blushing cheeks or half-open lips.
The table we present is one of the most perfect examples. With her face leaning to the left and her gaze thoughtful, this girl seems to be immersed in her thoughts. This great accuracy in the expression is indicative of the perfect mastery of Greuze in the rendering of feelings. This portrait is served by a free touch and removed from a very rich. The brushstrokes, varied and precise, are perfectly visible in the treatment of blond Venetian hair, the rosy complexion of the cheeks or the thick white folds of the scarf and the shawl. The subtle harmony of brown and white colors reinforces the impression of great softness that emanates from this delicate composition.
An etching entitled Savoyard Youth, which would be the only preserved in the hand of Greuze himself, reproduces our young girl in the opposite direction (Paris, National Library, Cabinet Prints, see F. Arquié-Bruley, "Documents unpublished notaries on Greuze ", in 'BSHAF', 1981, p.128, Fig. 4).
1. 'Mercure de France', November 1763
