The spoiled child - Greuze
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Description
Booklet from the 1765 Salon:
"By Mr. Greuze, Agréé.
110. [...]
111. L'enfant gâté.
This Painting, 2 feet 6 inches high, by 2 feet wide, belongs to M. le Duc de Praslin. "
Deloynes 8, 107. Critique des peintures et sculptures de messieurs de l'Académie royale. L'an 1765. (anonymous s.l.) p. 26 :
"This painting depicts a child eating his soup, which he feeds in his spoon to a dog. This child's mother, seated on a chair, complacently watches her son's action, & seems to tacitly applaud it. "
Mercure de France, October 1765, p. 168 :
"The same Painter has represented the Spoiled Child by a mother who looks complacently at her child, amusing himself by feeding his soup from a spoon to a dog beside him. This little painting is of the prettiest effect, it brings together everything that has made M. Greuze's brush so commendable ; but we don't know what motive determined him to choose this action rather than another to well characterize the outraged indulgence of certain parents towards their children. "
3. Engraved by Maleuvre under the direction of J. P. le Bas, 1772. 43.2x33.9 cm. Bnf Estampes Dc 8 Fol, folio 62. Plate 58C14771, 77B73074. There are two engravings, the second bearing, below, a more circumstantial inscription, and in particular: "Tiré du Cabinet de Mgr le Duc de Praslin".
Technical Data
Notice #001070