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OLD WORLD MASTERS
Returning to Paris in 1731 he frequented the gay society of operatic
and theatrical circles and acquired reputation. In 1734 he was ad-
mitted to the Academy with his picture of Rinaldo and Armida now in
the Louvre. Boucher became associated with the tapestry-manufac-
tory at Beauvais and also at the Gobelins and in 1765 succeeded Carle
Van Loo as first painter to Louis XV. Boucher attracted the atten-
tion of Madame de Pompadour and decorated her boudoirs and
salons, and painted several portraits of this handsome lady. Boucher
died in the Louvre in 1770, while painting Vonus at her Toilet. Accord-
ing to his own record Boucher painted a thousand pictures and made
ten thousand drawings and sketches.
A YOUNG GIRL READING A LETTER.
Jean Baptiste Greuze Collection of
(1725-1805). Mr. John McCormack.
This picture, an oil painting on canvas (27X x 21X inches), comes
from the Collection of Alfred Charles de Rothschild, Seamore Place,
London, and represents a young girl seated in an upholstered chair
wearing a white chemise, which has slipped from her shoulders. An
open letter is spread on her lap,—a letter before envelopes were
known, for this has the seal still attached. However, letters bring
tidings of delight or sorrow, with or without envelopes, and we have
no clue to the contents of this one. We gather, however, that the
missive is a love-letter.
Jean Baptiste Greuze was born at Tournous, near Macon, Burgundy,
and was the son of a thatcher. He first studied painting with a travel-
ling picture-pedlar named Grondon and went with him to Lyons and
lived there for eight years, painting pictures and hawking them about
the country. However, Grondon was the father of the wife of Gretry,
the composer, so Greuze probably had a little taste of art. In 1746
he went to Paris and worked at the Academy, making some progress
in historical painting and portraits. One day he astonished every-
body by his picture of Un pere de famille expliquant la Bible a ses
OLD WORLD MASTERS
Returning to Paris in 1731 he frequented the gay society of operatic
and theatrical circles and acquired reputation. In 1734 he was ad-
mitted to the Academy with his picture of Rinaldo and Armida now in
the Louvre. Boucher became associated with the tapestry-manufac-
tory at Beauvais and also at the Gobelins and in 1765 succeeded Carle
Van Loo as first painter to Louis XV. Boucher attracted the atten-
tion of Madame de Pompadour and decorated her boudoirs and
salons, and painted several portraits of this handsome lady. Boucher
died in the Louvre in 1770, while painting Vonus at her Toilet. Accord-
ing to his own record Boucher painted a thousand pictures and made
ten thousand drawings and sketches.
A YOUNG GIRL READING A LETTER.
Jean Baptiste Greuze Collection of
(1725-1805). Mr. John McCormack.
This picture, an oil painting on canvas (27X x 21X inches), comes
from the Collection of Alfred Charles de Rothschild, Seamore Place,
London, and represents a young girl seated in an upholstered chair
wearing a white chemise, which has slipped from her shoulders. An
open letter is spread on her lap,—a letter before envelopes were
known, for this has the seal still attached. However, letters bring
tidings of delight or sorrow, with or without envelopes, and we have
no clue to the contents of this one. We gather, however, that the
missive is a love-letter.
Jean Baptiste Greuze was born at Tournous, near Macon, Burgundy,
and was the son of a thatcher. He first studied painting with a travel-
ling picture-pedlar named Grondon and went with him to Lyons and
lived there for eight years, painting pictures and hawking them about
the country. However, Grondon was the father of the wife of Gretry,
the composer, so Greuze probably had a little taste of art. In 1746
he went to Paris and worked at the Academy, making some progress
in historical painting and portraits. One day he astonished every-
body by his picture of Un pere de famille expliquant la Bible a ses