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A drawing portrays an older man and a younger man reaching out to each other across a room, while a woman and young children grasp at both men.

A drawing portrays an older man and a younger man reaching out to each other across a small room. A third man stands in the doorway to the right. A woman wraps her arm around the younger man, a girl pleads at him with her hands clasped, and a young boy grabs at the man’s leg. Another girl kneels below the seated older man, holding up one of his arms with her hand.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
TL42418.1
People
Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French (Tournus 1725 - 1805 Paris)
Title
The Father’s Curse: The Ungrateful Son
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1778
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/371436

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brush and gray wash, squared in pencil
Dimensions
50.2 × 64 cm (19 3/4 × 25 3/16 in.)
frame: 76.8 × 89.5 × 3.8 cm (30 1/4 × 35 1/4 × 1 1/2 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 83.GG.231
Object Number
TL42418.1
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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