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Title: A Farmer Entrusting the Plow to His Son
Artist:
Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French, Tournus 1725–1805 Paris)
Date: n.d.
Medium: Brush and gray wash, over graphite. Framing lines in pen and brown ink. Squared in graphite. Verso of mount: figure in brush and gray wash.
Dimensions: 15 7/16 x 19 1/2 in. (39.2 x 49.5 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Purchase, Van Truex Day Fund, 1983
Accession Number: 1983.427
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