# Portrait of Madame de Courcelles at Her Toilette [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [GREUZE, Jean-Baptiste]() - Date: 1751-1800 - Technique: Oil on canvas, oval, 81 x 65 cm ## Commentary Portrait of Madame de Courcelles at Her Toilette c. 1765 Oil on canvas, oval, 81 x 65 cm Private collection The oval format of this portrait was a frequent choice by Greuze when painting half length figures; attention could be concentrated on the face and hands and it served to compliment the curves of the human figure. Of Mme de Courcelles herself we know nothing; although an ancient family, its members at this date seem not to have held any positions of importance in the civil or military service of the Crown. ## Related artworks - [Ange Laurent de La Live de Jully]() - [Bust of Young Woman \(La Reveuse\)]() - [Epiphany \(Le gâteau des rois\)]() - [Fear, Expression Head]() - [Girl with Birds]() - [Head of a Boy]() - [Indolence \(La Paresseuse Italienne\)]() - [Innocence]() - [La Polonaise \(A Polish Beauty\)]() - [L'Accordée de Village \(detail\)]() - [L'Accordée de Village]() - [Madame Greuze]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()