Jean-Baptiste Greuze: The Laundress

by Colin B. Bailey

Overview

Jean-Baptiste Greuze's diminutive picture of a rosy-cheeked girl wringing out her linen was one of fourteen works that he exhibited at the Salon of 1761 in Paris. This lively and engrossing book traces the history of the Getty Museum's painting, compares the work to other laundresses painted by Greuze, and explores social mores and the role of artists model in the eighteenth century. It provides an enlightening account of Greuze's life and times and the influences on his work.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780892365647
Publisher:	Getty Publications
Publication date:	03/28/2000
Series:	Getty Museum Studies on Art Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	90
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.30(d)