Chap.Page
I.[Early Days and First Success]11
II.[The Times in which Greuze Lived]20
III.[Greuze’s Moral Pictures]27
IV.[The Pictures by which we know Greuze]35
V.[The Vanity of Greuze]44
VI.[“The Broken Pitcher” and other well-known Pictures]52
VII.[Ruin and Death]62
VIII.[The Art of Greuze]71

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Plate
I.[L’Accordée du Village]Frontispiece
In the Louvre
Page
II.[L’Innocence tenant deux Pigeons]14
In the Wallace Collection
III.[La Malédiction paternelle]24
In the Louvre
IV.[Portrait d’Homme]34
In the Louvre
V.[L’Oiseau Mort]40
In the Louvre
VI.[Les Deux Sœurs]50
In the Louvre
VII.[La Cruche Cassée]60
In the Louvre
VIII.[La Laitière]70
In the Louvre

CHAPTER I
EARLY DAYS AND FIRST SUCCESS

Few names suggest so much beauty as that of Greuze.