Smith, John: A catalogue raisonné of the works of the most eminent Dutch, Flemish, and French painters: in which is included a short biographical notice of the artists, with a copious description of their principal pictures : a statement of the prices at which such pictures have been sold at public sales on the continent and in England; a reference the the galleries and private collections in which a large portion are at present; and the names of the artists by whom they have been engraved; to which is added, a brief notice of the scholars & imitators of the great masters of the above schools (Part 8) (London: Smith and Son, 1837)

JEAN BAPTIST GREUZE.

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daughters, one of whom, named Anna, inherited a
taste for the arts, and pursued successfully the style
of her father’s works. He had also a scholar, of the
name of Caroline de Valery, who in the warmth of her
affection attempted to honour him by the sollowing
epitaph:—
“ Ci git Greuze, peintre enchanteur
De I’art, par une route sure
Il sut atteindre la hauteur,
Et rivaliser la nature.”
Greuze, in all his pictures, has the estimable merit
of having most successfully pourtrayed the subject
represented, and given a lively and suitable expression
to the several persons which compose it; such, for
instance, as The Charitable Lady, The Marriage
Portion, The Malediction, The Distribution of the
Chaplet, The Gateau du Roi; and among those of
his single figures may be noticed, St. Mary os Egypt,
The Offering of Love, The Penitent of Thebiade, The
Girl with a Dog, The Milk Girl, The Kiss Sent, The
Girl with a Basket of Eggs, La Cruche cassee, and
La Priere du Matin.