A Child with an Apple
Jean-Bapiste Greuze (Tournus 1725 – Paris 1805)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1790 - 1805
Materials
Oil on panel (walnut)
Measurements
388 x 311 mm (15 1/4 x 12 1/4 in)
Place of origin
France
Order this imageCollection
Upton House, Warwickshire
NT 446784
Summary
Oil painting on walnut panel, A Child with an Apple, by Jean-Baptiste Grueze (1725-1805). Head and shoulders portrait of a young child, turned to the left, head turned towards the spectator, wearing a white dress with a green ribbon in the hair, both arms resting on a table covered with a green cloth, on which is placed an apple on a slice of bread.
Provenance
Given with Upton House to the National Trust by Walter Samuel, 2nd Viscount Bearsted (1882 – 1948) shortly before his death
Credit line
Upton House, The Bearsted Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Jean-Bapiste Greuze (Tournus 1725 – Paris 1805), artist