Attributed to Jean-Baptiste GREUZE (1725-1805) Three-quarter-length bust portrait of a young boy wearing a red topcoat Oil on canvas (wear and restoration) 48.5 x 38 cm We attribute this delicate portrait to the work of Jean-Baptiste Greuze, whose work captured the eye and soul of the curious viewer, intrigued by the soft, sensual touch the painter demonstrated in each of his portraits. A painter of hard-working happiness, of drama, but above all of childhood, Greuze was an artist who spoke to the sensibilities of his time, representing and personifying feelings as seen here through these youthful features: an ingenuity that made him successful and famous.

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