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)

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SCHOLARS AND IMITATORS
OF
JEAN BAPTIST GREUZE.

Few Painters have had more imitators than Greuze, and
few have been more successfully copied—for these reasons,
considerable experience is required in determining the genuine
from spurious productions.
His daughter Anna has the reputation of having copied
her father’s pictures with almost deceptive fidelity.
Caroline de Valery was a scholar of Greuze, and, like
the preceding, was an excellent imitator of his style and a
copiest of his works.
Mademoiselle Le Doux. The numerous pictures painted
by this lady in imitation of the boys and girls by Greuze,
have too frequently passed as original works by that master,
and have thereby greatly tended to injure his reputation.