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Bust of an Old Man

Jean-Baptiste Greuzeprobably 1763

National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Washington, DC, United States

  • Title: Bust of an Old Man
  • Creator: Jean-Baptiste Greuze
  • Date Created: probably 1763
  • Physical Dimensions: overall: 46.6 x 37.6 cm (18 3/8 x 14 13/16 in.)
  • Provenance: Destouches (his sale, Paris, 5 March 1847, lot 48); Mahérault (his sale, Paris, 27-29 May 1880, lot 102); Charles Brück (his sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 2 February 1917, lot 59); David David-Weill [1871-1952], Neuilly; sold 1937 to (Wildenstein and Co., Inc., New York); Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan (sale, London, Sotheby's, 13 July 1972, lot 13); purchased by Ian Woodner, New York; by inheritance to his daughters, Andrea and Dian Woodner, New York, 1990.
  • Rights: CC0
  • Medium: red, black, and white chalks with stumping and erasure on light brown laid paper, with later framing line in dark brown ink
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

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