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Jeanne Philiberte LEDOUX (1767–1840)
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Jeanne Philiberte LEDOUX (1767–1840)
See original version (French)
Estimate €2,000 - €4,000
Voluntary lot
Description
Jeanne Philiberte LEDOUX (1767–1840)
Portrait of a Young Girl
Oil on panel
H_46 cm W_37 cm
In a carved and gilded wooden pediment frame
Jeanne Philiberte Ledoux was a pupil of Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725–1805). She
adopted his style, particularly in portraiture, a genre she was
especially fond of. This painting is characteristic of her work and brilliantly
continues her master’s legacy.
Whilst the model is clearly inspired by Greuze’s portraits of young girls, the brushwork,
for its part, proves more modern, lending an almost pre-Romantic sensibility,
whilst retaining a colour palette firmly rooted in her master’s tradition.
Recently brought back into the spotlight by the exhibition at the Petit Palais, the theme of
childhood possesses a unique charm in Greuze’s work, a charm that Ledoux skilfully extends
with delicacy, in the shadow of her master’s brush.
Provenance:
- Auction of 19 December 1994, De Ricqlès, lot 77
See original version (French)
Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
Pictures credits: Contact the Auction House
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