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Jeanne Philiberte LEDOUX (1767-1840)
Portrait of a Young Gir…
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Jeanne Philiberte LEDOUX (1767-1840)
Portrait of a Young Gir…
See original version (French)
Estimate €3,000 - €5,000
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
assimilated his style, particularly in the art of portraiture, a genre she was particularly
particularly fond of. Our painting is typical of her work and follows in her master's footsteps with brilliance.
the work of her master.
While the model is clearly inspired by Greuze's portraits of young girls, the touch,
is more modern, with an almost pre-Romantic sensibility,
while retaining a palette resolutely inherited from his master.
The theme of childhood, recently revived by the Petit Palais exhibition, has a singular charm.
of childhood has a singular charm in Greuze, a charm that Ledoux was able to extend
in the shadow of his master's brush.
Provenance :
- Sale 19/12/1994, De Ricqlès, lot 77
See original version (French)
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