A Girl holding a Spaniel
Jean-Bapiste Greuze (Tournus 1725 – Paris 1805)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1786
Materials
Oil on panel (walnut)
Measurements
464 x 381 mm (18 1/4 x 15 in)
Place of origin
France
Order this imageCollection
Upton House, Warwickshire
NT 446786
Summary
Oil painting on walnut panel, A Girl holding a Spaniel, Jean-Baptiste Grueze (1725-1805), circa 1786. A head-and-shoulders to right, her head turned towards the spectator over her right shoulder, a small frightened spaniel, only the head of which is seen, clasped in her arms resting on a mauve and blue cushion; she wears a yellow dress, a blue ribbon in her hair, a green one falling across the cushion.
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