The Bible Reading
Painting by Jean-Baptiste Greuze
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Artist | Jean-Baptiste Greuze |
Year | 1755 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 65.3 cm × 82.4 cm (25.7 in × 32.4 in) |
Location | Louvre, Paris |
The Bible Reading, Reading the Bible or The Father of a Family Reading the Bible to his Children is a 1755 oil on canvas genre painting by Jean-Baptiste Greuze.[1] It was exhibited at the Académie royale on 28 June 1755 then at the Paris Salon on 25 August the same year.[2] It was declared a national treasure of France in 2012 and has been in the Louvre since 2016.[3][4]
References
- ^ (in German) "bpk-Bildagentur entry".
- ^ (in French) "Catalogue entry".
- ^ (in French) Exemple typique de la « théorie de l'absorbement » p. 41-42 and ill. 1 chez Michael Fried, in La place du spectateur : Esthétique et origines de la peinture moderne, Poche, 20 April 2017, translation by Claire Brunet of Absorption and Theatricality. Painting and Beholder in the Age of Diderot, with a foreword added.
- ^ (in French) "Utpictura18 entry".
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Jean-Baptiste Greuze
- The Bible Reading (1755)
- The Lazy Boy (1755)
- Broken Eggs (1756)
- The Guitar Player (c. 1757)
- The Village Bride (1761)
- The Laundress (1761)
- The Broken Vessel (c. 1771-1772)
- The Lady Giving Charity (1773)
- The Kings' Tart (1774)
- The Father's Curse (1777)
- Cupid Crowned by Psyche (1785–1790)
- Anna-Geneviève Greuze (daughter)
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