THE CHIEF WORKS OF GREUZE
The largest collection of Greuze's pictures is not in his own country, but is here in England, at Hertford House. The paintings forming that collection were included in the Wallace bequest, and thus they have become the property of the nation. Most other European countries have secured examples of Greuze's work, and several of his paintings may also be seen in America.
GREAT BRITAIN.
WALLACE COLLECTION,
In this collection alone there are twenty-one examples of the work of Greuze. Some of these are of the best, and a few illustrate the artist's imperfections. For instance, before Fidelity and Ariadne one has the same unpleasant sensation as when a girl spoils the effect of her beauty by stagey poses and by sentimental attitudinizing. A Bacchante is gross and voluptuous. The most important pictures in the collection are:
A Girl with Doves. (See [p. 40.])
The Listening Girl. (See [p. 54.])
Portrait of Mdlle. Sophie Arnould.
The Votive Offering To Cupid.
The Broken Mirror.
Innocence. (See [p. 56.])
Espièglerie,
Girl With A Gauze Scarf.
NATIONAL GALLERY.
Girl's Head Draped with a Scarf (See [p. 41.])
The Head of a Girl.
Girl with an Apple.
Girl with a Lamb.
BUCKINGHAM PALACE.
A Mother and Three Children.
The mother indicates, by a look, that she does not wish the oldest boy to disturb the youngest by playing his flute.
Girl in Cap seated on a Chair.
A Girl's Head.
There are also pictures by Greuze in many of the galleries of private collectors. For instance, examples may be seen in the collections of the Duke of Wellington, the Earl of Rosebery, the Earl of Dudley, the Earl of Northbrook, Lord Yarborough, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Sir Frederic Cook, Bart., Mr. Alfred de Rothschild, Mr. Reginald Vaile, Mr. H. L. Bischoffsheim, Mr. Pierpont Morgan, Mr. Lesser Lesser, Mr. George Donaldson, Mr. Martin Colnaghi, Mr. Charles Morrison, Mr. Beit, and others.
NATIONAL GALLERY OF SCOTLAND.
Girl with Dead Canary.
Girl with Broken Jar.
This is a sketch in oils of the idea which Greuze afterwards painted as The Broken Pitcher, the famous picture that now hangs in the Louvre.
Boy with Lesson-Book.
Interior of a Cottage.
Girl with Folded Hands.
Other examples of the works of Greuze in Scotland are those in the collection of Lord Murray.
FRANCE.
PARIS, LOUVRE.
During the period of unrest that accompanied and followed the Revolution, many notable pictures were sold from France, and thus the largest collection of pictures by Greuze is not to be found in Greuze's own country. In the Louvre, however, all Greuze's characteristics may be studied in one or other of the works that hang there.
L'accordée de Village. (See [p. 51.])
La Laitière. (See [p. 55.])
La Cruche Cassée. (See [p. 54.])
La Malédiction Paternelle.
Le Fils Puni.
Le Portrait de l'Artiste.
Le Portrait du Peintre Jeaurat.
Several Heads Of Girls.
MUSEÉ FABRE À MONTPELLIER.
La Prière du Matin.
Le Gâteau des Rois.
Le Petit Mathématicien.
Jeune Fille, les Mains Jointes.
La Jeune Fille au Panier.
Tête de Jeune Fille.
Etude d'un Enfant de Quatre à Cinque Ans.
BESANÇON.
Here are two particularly good examples of Greuze at his best:
Paul Strogonoff, Enfant.
Tête De Jeune Fille.
MUSÉE CONDÉ.
Tendre Désir.
Versailles has examples, and the traveller to any of the following, and to a few other towns, will find works by Greuze: Aix, Angers, Cherbourg, Dijon, Compiègne, Douai, Lille, Lyons, Marseille, Nantes, Nîmes, Rouen, Tournus, Troyes; and the members of the Rothschild family have many examples at their various places of residence.
GERMANY.
In Germany Greuze is represented by La Belle Blanchisseuse, in the collection of Count Axel Wachtmeister, at Wanas, and by pictures in the Art Galleries of Berlin, Leipzig, Karlsruhe, Munich, and Metz.
RUSSIA.
ST. PETERSBURG, L'HERMITAGE.
La Paralytique Servi par ses Enfants
UNITED STATES.
Pictures by Greuze may be seen at Boston and at Philadelphia.