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Verso of the frame
Verso of the frame
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Engraving made after the portrait (copy joined to the drawing)
Engraving made after the portrait (copy joined to the drawing)
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Jean-Baptiste Greuze – Portrait of Jean-Georges Wille (in 1763) – Musée Jacquemart-André Paris France
Jean-Baptiste Greuze – Portrait of Jean-Georges Wille (in 1763) – Musée Jacquemart-André Paris France
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Jean-Georges Wille – Portrait of his son Pierre-Alexandre – whereabouts unknown
Jean-Georges Wille – Portrait of his son Pierre-Alexandre – whereabouts unknown
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Jean-Baptiste Greuze – Portrait of Denis Diderot (in 1766) – The Morgan Library and Museum – New York – USA
Jean-Baptiste Greuze – Portrait of Denis Diderot (in 1766) – The Morgan Library and Museum – New York – USA
Jean Georges Wille French School, 1715-1808
Portrait of Jean-François Rameau, "Rameau's nephew"/ Portrait de Jean-François Rameau, "le Neveu de Rameau", 1746
Black chalk with some white chalk highlights / Pierre noire avec des rehauts de craie blanche
7 7/8 x 5 1/2 in
20 x 14 cm
20 x 14 cm
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Provenance
Jean-Baptiste Antoine Lassus (1807 - 1857) architect; Marie Joseph-François Mahérault (1795-1879), State Councillor, who bought it from Lassus; through inheritance to Élisabeth Mahérault, wife of the librettist and playwright Fernard-Emile, Comte de Najac (1828-1889); through inheritance to Raoul de Najac (1856 - 1915) playwright, actor and dramatist, specialist in pantomime (!) and mayor of Pont-L'Abbé.Exhibitions
1878 Paris World's Fair (Exposition Universelle de Paris en 1878) – National Portrait Gallery at the Trocadero Palace/ Galerie des Portraits Nationaux au Palais du Trocadéro - number 578
A detailed description of this painting is available in the "selected artists" section.