Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805)

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.

It is hard to tell the age of this young girl painted by Jean-Baptiste Greuze, whose face evokes both the child and the adolescent.

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

The highly anticipated sale of the contents hailing from the illustrious Franquetot Chateau in Coigny, Normandy, saw the triumph of imperial Chinese porcelain and a female figure from the Ancien Régime by Jean-Baptiste Greuze.

Women were undeniably the focus of this sale of Old Masters and 19th -century paintings, where Jean-Baptiste Greuze took first place, followed at a distance by Albert Lynch and Jean-Jacques Henner.

This sale was a delightful invitation to explore centuries of the past and indulge in reverie—whatever Molière might think.

This red chalk drawing by Charles-Joseph Natoire (1700-1777), a renowned Rococo painter and the teacher of Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805), displays all his talent as a draftsman.

Annick Lemoine, appointed director of the Petit Palais in Paris two years ago, unveils plans and ambitions designed to make it somewhere for everyone.

Illustrious families have succeeded each other at the Franquenot Chateau, an imposing yet understated residence in the département of La Manche. A new chapter begins with the sale of its contents.

Appealing Old Masters were on the menu for this sale dedicated to the graphic arts, which also included minor masters of the 19th and 20th centuries.