Young Boy

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French, 1725–1805)

Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas mounted on Masonite

Dimensions41.0 x 32.9 cm (16 1/8 x 12 15/16 in.)

Credit LineGift of Louis Agassiz Shaw

Accession number1991.692

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Provenance1878, M. Laurent-Richard, Paris; May 23-25, 1878, Laurent-Richard sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, lot 97, sold for 15,600 fr. to Alphonse Legrand, probably for Quincy Adams Shaw (b. 1825 - d. 1908), Boston; by descent to his grandson, Louis Agassiz Shaw (b. 1908 - d. 1990), Boston; 1991, gift of the estate of Louis Agassiz Shaw to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 20, 1991)