Auction on
25 April 2023 - 14:00 (CEST) -
Salle 1 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009
The star of a group of early paintings, Jean-Baptiste Greuze delivers here a self-portrait free of complacency, but filled with humanity, which touched the art connoisseurs.
Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805), Self-Portrait, oil on canvas, 61.3 x 50.1 cm/24.1 x 19.7 in. Result: €166,400
Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805), Self-Portrait, oil on canvas, 61.3 x 50.1 cm/24.1 x 19.7 in. Result: €166,400
This piercing gaze belonging to the painter Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805) fetched €166,400. Self-Portrait had already been at the Hôtel Drouot on April 1, 1882 (Me Escribe), presented then as "attributed to Greuze". "The head is full of truth and charm. Very careful execution, full of verve", summarized its description…
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