A Girl lying in Bed
Jean-Bapiste Greuze (Tournus 1725 – Paris 1805)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1800
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
374 x 457 mm (14 3/4 x 18 in)
Place of origin
France
Order this imageCollection
Upton House, Warwickshire
NT 446785
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, A Girl lying in a Bed, Jean-Baptiste Grueze (1725-1805). Head and shoulders portrait of a young girl lying on her left arm on a pillow towards the right, looking up, her right hand on her head; she wears a blue ribbon in her hair and a piece of drapery crosses her right arm above the elbow.
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