Exhibition | Greuze, une palette d’émotions

Posted in books, catalogues, exhibitions by Editor on August 21, 2025

Greuze, une palette d’émotions: Dessins du Louvre et oeuvres de Tournus

Hôtel-Dieu, Musée de Tournus, 24 May — 21 September 2025

Curated by Xavier Salmon

To mark the 300th anniversary of the artist’s birth in 1725, the famous Burgundy town where he was born has joined forces with the Musée du Louvre to pay him a well-deserved tribute. Chosen from the rich collection of the Cabinet des Dessins, thirty of the master’s works reflect both his creative process and his desire to turn some of his most accomplished drawings into works in their own right, destined for a clientele of connoisseurs and collectors. All the master’s favorite themes are illustrated here: genre scenes, moralistic subjects, expressive heads, and portraits. They underline the extent to which Denis Diderot was right when he described Jean-Baptiste Greuze as a “delicate and sensitive soul” who had imposed himself on his century.