The Ungrateful Son
c. 1770
Medium
red chalk on brown laid paper with framing line in black ink
Dimensions
overall: 42.7 x 33.1 cm (16 13/16 x 13 1/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift in memory of Douglas Huntly Gordon and in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
Accession Number
1991.91.1
About the Artist
Jean-Baptiste Greuze · 1725–1805
Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725–1805) was a French painter whose moralistic genre scenes and expressive portraits made him one of the most celebrated and controversial artists of the eighteenth century. Born in Tournus, Burgundy, Greuze traveled to Paris in his youth and trained under Charles Grandon before gaining admission to the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture, where he made a sensationa...