D'APRÈS JEAN BAPTISTE GREUZE (Tournus, 1725 Paris, 1805)
D'APRÈS JEAN BAPTISTE GREUZE (Tournus, 1725 Paris, 1805)
L'ACCORDÉE DE VILLAGE Painting on canvas
19th century 86.5 x 114 cm
This copy of the famous painting by Greuze exhibited at the Salon of 1761 and kept in the Louvre represents a wedding promise ceremony.
In the bosom of the well-to-do peasantry, a father solemnly receives his future son-in-law and hands him his daughter's dowry.
"Through the resonance of his works, such as this Village Accordée,
Greuze was undoubtedly one of the main actors and the privileged witness of a particularly moving era, bearing the mark of profound upheavals in the social universe and mentalities. He is the only representative of this era, as he corresponds so well to the contradictions of this century, which was both libertine and moralizing, seeking new values.
Towards the middle of the 18th century, sentimental literature began to spread, and painting began to imitate it, giving priority to the subject, the intentions and the sentimental suggestions that delighted a public already tired of libertine attitudes.
Greuze thus penetrated to the heart of mentalities that certainly met an expectation, but at the same time provoked the empathy of the spectator through a sensitive and expressive art to which today's public is still receptive".
Michèle Perny. Automatically translated by DeepL. To see the original version, click here.
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D'APRÈS JEAN BAPTISTE GREUZE (Tournus, 1725 Paris, 1805)
L'ACCORDÉE DE VILLAGE Painting on canvas
19th century 86.5 x 114 cm
This copy of the famous painting by Greuze exhibited at the Salon of 1761 and kept in the Louvre represents a wedding promise ceremony.
In the bosom of the well-to-do peasantry, a father solemnly receives his future son-in-law and hands him his daughter's dowry.
"Through the resonance of his works, such as this Village Accordée,
Greuze was undoubtedly one of the main actors and the privileged witness of a particularly moving era, bearing the mark of profound upheavals in the social universe and mentalities. He is the only representative of this era, as he corresponds so well to the contradictions of this century, which was both libertine and moralizing, seeking new values.
Towards the middle of the 18th century, sentimental literature began to spread, and painting began to imitate it, giving priority to the subject, the intentions and the sentimental suggestions that delighted a public already tired of libertine attitudes.
Greuze thus penetrated to the heart of mentalities that certainly met an expectation, but at the same time provoked the empathy of the spectator through a sensitive and expressive art to which today's public is still receptive".
Michèle Perny. Automatically translated by DeepL. To see the original version, click here.
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