Jean baptiste

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Jean Baptiste Greuze (French, 1725–1805). Baptiste aîné (born 1761), ca. 1790. Pastel on off-white paper, affixed to blue paper, laid down on canvas; 17 3/4 x 14 3/4 in. (45.1 x 37.5 cm). Adolf Menzel, Victorian Pictures, French Rococo, History Painting, Amazing Artwork, French Revolution, Popular Art, Jean Baptiste, Painting Reproductions

The current exhibition Pastel Portraits: Images of 18th-Century Europe opens a window on one of the most popular art forms of the Rococo and Enlightenment eras. These works slipped from public notice long ago as they became associated with the artificiality of the ancien régime, and in modern times because their fragility discouraged exhibition and travel.

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