Le Fermier brulé (A Burnt-Out Farmer, Begging with his Family)

1762/1766

François-Philippe Charpentier, after Jean-Baptiste Greuze, published by Pierre-François Basan

Associated Names
François-Philippe Charpentier

Artist, French, 1734 - 1817

Pierre-François Basan

Publisher, French, 1723 - 1797

Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Artist After, French, 1725 - 1805

The image shows a group of people in an interior setting. In the foreground, a woman is seated on the ground, holding an infant. Several children are close by, with some looking down. A man stands over them, extending his arm with an object. The background shows rough-textured walls of a building, with dim lighting casting deep shadows and highlights on the figures.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint printed in brown on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 41.7 × 31.4 cm (16 7/16 × 12 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 47 × 35.6 cm (18 1/2 × 14 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.91.27

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    IFF (1700): no. 71

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(James A. Bergquist, Newton Centre, MA); purchased 2018 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1835

  • Nagler, G.K. Neues allgemeines Kunstler-Lexikon, oder Nachrichten von dem Leben und den Werken der Maler, Bildhauer, Baumeister, Kupferstecher, Formschneider, Lithographen, Zeichner, Medailleure, Elfenbeinarbeiter, etc.. 22 vols. Munich: E.A. Fleischmann, undesc.

1854

  • Le Blanc, Charles. _Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant le dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations, dans lequel sont decrites les estampes rares, precieuses et interessantes avec l'indication de leurs differents etats et des prix auxquels: no. undesc.

1906

  • Martin, Jean, and Charles Masson. Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint et dessiné de Jean-Baptiste Greuze. Paris, 1906: under no. 295

1930

  • IFF (1700): no. 71

Inscriptions

In plate, in image, at lower left: J. B. Greuze delineavit; in image, at lower right: F. P. Charpentier sculpsit; below image, at left: J. B. Greuze invenit; in plate, below image, at center: LA FERMIER BRULÉ / à Paris chez Basan

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