Greuze and His Beautiful Heads
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The order of values was respected, with the goddess Diana towering over the pretty nymph Callisto. Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805), Diane, 1761, oil on canvas, 46.5 x 38.5 cm/18.30 x 15.15 in.Result: €520,000 Jean-Baptiste Greuze certainly wasn't expected in this field. Nevertheless, the painter whose work reflects a certain return to morality has given his expressive heads a noble reputation, which has been appreciated in their time and is now being rediscovered after a long period of obscurity. The results obtained by Diana and Callisto (46.5 x 38.5 cm/18.30 x 15.15 in), the subject of an article in La Gazette no. 43, attest to this. The goddess, adorned with a delicate
