Sacrifice to Love

Provenance

Marquiset collection. Groult collection, Paris. Private collection; (sale, Hotel Drouot, 20 November 1941, no. 12). Dr. Rudolf J. Heinemann, New York and Lugano; his wife, Mrs. Rudolf J. Heinemann, New York; gift to NGA, 2000.

Sacrifice to Love

Greuze, Jean-Baptiste

c. 1766

Accession Number

2000.97.1

Medium

gray and black wash over graphite on laid paper, with framing line in dark brown ink

Dimensions

overall: 40.7 x 35.4 cm (16 x 13 15/16 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Bequest of Lore Heinemann in memory of her husband, Dr. Rudolf J. Heinemann