JEAN-BAPTISTE GREUZE (TOURNUS 1725-1805 PARIS)

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04.07.2023 14:30UTC +01:00
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ID 991608
Lot 81 | JEAN-BAPTISTE GREUZE (TOURNUS 1725-1805 PARIS)
JEAN-BAPTISTE GREUZE (TOURNUS 1725-1805 PARIS)

Profile portrait of Empress Catherine the Great of Russia, in an oval frame

with inscription ‘L’imperatrice de Russie par F.’ (lower centre)

black chalk, brush and grey wash, grey wash

23.5 x 17.2 cm (9 1/4 x 6 3/4 in.)





Provenance

John K. Rowlands (1931-2016), London.



Literature

C. Franck in Houdon (1741-1828), sculpteur des Lumières, exhib. cat., Versailles, Musée National du Château de Versailles, and Los Angeles, The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2003-2004, p. 54.
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