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Jean-Baptiste Greuze: Fresh Air for Baby

Published on , by Claire Papon
Auction on 22 July 2020 - 14:15 (CEST) - Salle 2 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009

Here Jean-Baptiste Greuze illustrated a common 18th-century practice: sending newborns to a wet-nurse in the countryside for fresh air.

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805), Le Départ en nourrice (The Departure for the Wet-Nurse),... Jean-Baptiste Greuze: Fresh Air for Baby

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805), Le Départ en nourrice (The Departure for the Wet-Nurse), red chalk, black chalk, pen and India ink, grey wash, white gouache highlights, 41.5 x 53 cm.
Estimate: €80,000/120,000

This work shows around 10 people gathered together to attend something resembling an event. At least at the family level. A wet-nurse, the composition’s central motif, plays the leading role, a child…
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FROM ESTATES OF THREE PARISIAN APARTMENTS AND DISCOUNT FUNDS - NON-CONTRACTUAL LIST - POSSIBLE CHANGES
Wednesday 22 July 2020 - 14:15 (CEST) - Live
Salle 2 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009 Paris
Fraysse & Associés
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