31 May 2026

This week, we are delighted to present, as our Private View of the Week, a beautiful and highly evocative red chalk drawing by Jean-Baptiste Greuze depicting the head of a young child. Executed with remarkable sensitivity, the sheet perfectly illustrates Greuze’s extraordinary gift for capturing the emotional intensity and fragile presence of childhood. The child’s large attentive eyes, softly modelled features and slightly melancholic expression emerge from the paper with striking immediacy, while the delicate handling of the red chalk gives the composition an exceptional warmth and vitality. Beyond its undeniable aesthetic charm, the drawing also benefits from an important provenance and published history, having belonged to the celebrated Jean Gigoux collection and later appearing in the artist’s catalogue raisonné.