The Ungrateful Son

Provenance

Charles Fairfax-Murray [1849-1919], London; Prince W. Argoutinsky-Dolgoronkoff, Paris (Lugt 2602d) (his sale, London, Sotheby's 4 July 1923, no. 41); Tancred Borenius; Mrs. W. H. Hill, Boston; Mrs. Smith, New York; Douglas H. Gordon, 1942 (Lugt 1130a); given by Mrs. Gordon to the National Gallery, 1991.

The Ungrateful Son

Greuze, Jean-Baptiste

c. 1770

Accession Number

1991.91.1

Medium

red chalk on brown laid paper with framing line in black ink

Dimensions

overall: 42.7 x 33.1 cm (16 13/16 x 13 1/16 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Gift in memory of Douglas Huntly Gordon and in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art