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Sacrifice to Love

Jean-Baptiste Greuzec. 1766

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

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Title: Sacrifice to Love
Creator: Jean-Baptiste Greuze
Date Created: c. 1766
Physical Dimensions: overall: 40.7 x 35.4 cm (16 x 13 15/16 in.)
Provenance: Marquiset collection. Groult collection, Paris. Private collection; (sale, Hotel Drouot, 20 March 1941, no. 12). Dr. Rudolf J. Heinemann, New York and Lugano; his wife, Mrs. Rudolf J. Heinemann, New York; gift to NGA, 2000.
Rights: CC0
Medium: gray and black wash over graphite on laid paper, with framing line in dark brown ink

National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

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