JEAN-BAPTISTE GREUZE. 1725-1805

67 THE FIRST FURROW

Oil on canvas. 118 X 148 cm. Inv. No 818 The picture was painted in 1801. A drawing in India ink, representing the first sketch for this canvas, is in the possession of the Museum of Tournus. Another drawing is in the Cailleux Collection in Paris. Provenance: 1801—1924 The Shuvalovs Collection, St Petersburg — Petrograd (acquired by P. Shuva-lov); since 1924 The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Exhibitions: 1801 Paris (Salon), Cat. 159; 1861 St Petersburg, Cat. 135; 1897 St Petersburg, Cat. 24; 1908

St Petersburg, Cat. 97; 1914 Petrograd, Cat. 219; 1965 Bordeaux, Cat. 22; 1965—66 Paris, Cat. 20 Bibliography: Кат. ГМИИ 1948, p. 24, ill.; Кат. ГМИИ 1957, p. 43; Кат. ГМИИ 1961, p. 61; Бенуа 1908, pp. 732—733, ill. (entitled The First Ploughing); An-ciennes ecoles de peinture 1910, p. 118, ill.; C. Mau-clair, J.-B. Greuze, p. 15, Nos 126, 193; Бенуа 1912, p. 377, ill.; L. Hautecosur, Greuze, Paris, 1913, p. 143; Reau 1924, p. 199; Reau 1929, No 540; A. Brookner, "Jean-Baptiste Greuze", The Burlington Magazine, 1956, June, pp. 196, 199; A. Brookner, Greuze, London, 1972, pp. 80, 87, 133, ill.

67 THE FIRST FURROW

68 FEMALE HEAD IN A MOBCAP

Oil on canvas. 40 X 31 cm. Inv. No 821 The picture may be dated to the early 1760s. Provenance: from the late 18th century to 1924 The Yusupovs Collection, Arkhangelskoye (near Moscow) and St Petersburg — Petrograd; since 1924 The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow Exhibition: 1897 St Petersburg, Cat. 117 Bibliography: Кат. ГМИИ 1948, p. 24; Кат. ГМИИ 1957, p. 43; Кат. ГМИИ 1961, p. 61; Musee Youssou-poff 1839, No 47; А. Прахов 1906, p. 196, ill. 118; Кат. Юсуповской галереи 1920, No 154; Эрнст 1924, p. 100, ill.; Reau 1929, No 539

68 FEMALE HEAD IN A MOBCAP

69 PORTRAIT OF COUNT ANDREI SHUVALOV

Oil on canvas. 60 X 50.5 cm (oval). Inv. No 1228 Andrei Shuvalov (1744—1789) was a poet and an Honorary Member of the Academy of Arts in St Petersburg. Met Voltaire, carried on a correspondence with him and other figures of the French Enlightenment. The picture is a companion piece to the portrait of Countess E. Shuvalova (The Hermitage, Inv. No. 5726). It was painted in Paris between 1776 and 1781. Provenance: until 1924 The Shuvalovs Collection, St Petersburg — Petrograd; 1924—28 The Hermitage,

Leningrad; since 1928 The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Exhibitions: 1870 St Petersburg, Cat. 477; 1897 St Petersburg, Cat. 25; 1905 St Petersburg, Cat. 547; 1914 Petrograd, Cat. 220; 1955 Moscow, Cat., p. 28; 1956 Leningrad, Cat., p. 18

Bibliography: Кат. ГМИИ 1948, p. 24; Кат. ГМИИ 1957, p. 43; Кат. ГМИИ 1961, p. 61; Русские портреты 1905—9, vol. II, No 31, ill.; Reau 1924, p. 199; Reau 1929, No 541; A. Brookner, Greuze, London, 1972, p. 80

69 PORTRAIT OF COUNT ANDREI SHUVALOV

70 PORTRAIT OF LOUIS XVI

Oil on canvas. 70 X 57 cm. Inv. No 2170 Louis XVI (1754—1793) was King of France from 1775. His reign was marked by the French Revolution; he was guillotined. This is evidently a sketch for the large coronation portrait of Louis XVI which was exhibited in the Salon of 1777 and is now at Versailles. Provenance: until 1927 The Hermitage, Leningrad;

since 1927 The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow Exhibitions: 1955 Moscow, Cat., p. 34; 1956 Leningrad, Cat., p. 25; 1972 Moscow, Cat., p. 86 Bibliography: Кат. ГМИИ 1948, p. 31; Кат. ГМИИ 1957, p. 56; Кат. ГМИИ 1961, p. 80; J. Belleudy, /. S. Duplessis, peintre du Roi, Chartres, 1913, pp. 53—79, 326—327; Reau 1929, No 518; Прокофьев 1962, ill. 76; Золотев 1968, p. 152, ill.

70 PORTRAIT OF LOUIS XVI