{"id":18022,"date":"2025-11-14T10:45:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T09:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.proantic.com\/magazine\/?p=18022"},"modified":"2025-11-14T10:45:02","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T09:45:02","slug":"jean-baptiste-greuze-lenfance-en-lumiere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.proantic.com\/magazine\/jean-baptiste-greuze-lenfance-en-lumiere\/","title":{"rendered":"Jean-Baptiste Greuze &#8211; L&rsquo;enfance en lumi\u00e8re"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Le Petit Palais rend hommage \u00e0 Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805) \u00e0 l\u2019occasion du 300e anniversaire de sa naissance. Peintre de l\u2019\u00e2me, c\u00e9l\u00e8bre pour ses portraits et ses sc\u00e8nes de genre, Greuze est l\u2019une des figures les plus importantes et les plus audacieuses du XVIIIe si\u00e8cle.<\/strong> Aujourd\u2019hui m\u00e9connu, il fut en son temps acclam\u00e9 par le public, courtis\u00e9 par les collectionneurs et adul\u00e9 par la critique, Diderot en particulier. Le peintre est aussi l\u2019un des artistes les plus singuliers de Paris. Esprit frondeur, il ne cesse de r\u00e9affirmer sa libert\u00e9 de cr\u00e9ation et la possibilit\u00e9 de repenser la peinture en dehors des conventions.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.proantic.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Capture-decran-2025-11-14-100242.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"427\" height=\"519\" data-attachment-id=\"18024\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.proantic.com\/magazine\/jean-baptiste-greuze-lenfance-en-lumiere\/capture-decran-2025-11-14-100242\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.proantic.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Capture-decran-2025-11-14-100242.png?fit=427%2C519&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"427,519\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Jean-Baptiste Greuze L\u2019enfance en lumi\u00e8re\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Jeune berger qui tente le sort pour savoir&lt;br \/&gt;\ns\u2019il est aim\u00e9 de sa berg\u00e8re, 1760-1761.&lt;br \/&gt;\nHuile sur toile, 72,5 x 59,5 cm&lt;br \/&gt;\nPetit Palais, mus\u00e9e des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris.&lt;br \/&gt;\nCC0 Paris Mus\u00e9es \/ Petit Palais&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.proantic.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Capture-decran-2025-11-14-100242.png?fit=247%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.proantic.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Capture-decran-2025-11-14-100242.png?fit=427%2C519&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.proantic.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Capture-decran-2025-11-14-100242.png?resize=427%2C519&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.proantic.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Capture-decran-2025-11-14-100242.png?w=427&amp;ssl=1 427w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.proantic.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Capture-decran-2025-11-14-100242.png?resize=247%2C300&amp;ssl=1 247w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Jeune berger qui tente le sort pour savoir<br>s\u2019il est aim\u00e9 de sa berg\u00e8re, 1760-1761.<br>Petit Palais, mus\u00e9e des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>L\u2019exposition propose de red\u00e9couvrir son \u0153uvre au prisme du th\u00e8me de l\u2019enfance, \u00e0 partir d\u2019une centaine de peintures, dessins et estampes, provenant des plus grandes collections fran\u00e7aises et internationales, avec des pr\u00eats exceptionnels du mus\u00e9e du Louvre (Paris), du mus\u00e9e Fabre (Montpellier), du Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), du Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam), du Kimbell Museum of Art (Fort Worth), des Galeries Nationales d\u2019Ecosse (\u00c9dimbourg), des collections royales d\u2019Angleterre, ainsi que de nombreuses collections particuli\u00e8res.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.proantic.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Capture-decran-2025-11-14-100315.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"665\" height=\"481\" data-attachment-id=\"18025\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.proantic.com\/magazine\/jean-baptiste-greuze-lenfance-en-lumiere\/capture-decran-2025-11-14-100315\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.proantic.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Capture-decran-2025-11-14-100315.png?fit=728%2C527&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"728,527\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Jean-Baptiste Greuze L\u2019enfance en lumi\u00e8re\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Madame Greuze sur une chaise longue avec son&lt;br \/&gt;\nchien, vers 1759-1760.&lt;br \/&gt;\nCrayon graphite, pierre noire, plume, encre grise et noire, 34,3 x 46,8 cm.&lt;br \/&gt;\nAmsterdam, Rijksmuseum.&lt;br \/&gt;\n\u00a9 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.proantic.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Capture-decran-2025-11-14-100315.png?fit=300%2C217&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.proantic.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Capture-decran-2025-11-14-100315.png?fit=665%2C481&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.proantic.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Capture-decran-2025-11-14-100315.png?resize=665%2C481&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.proantic.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Capture-decran-2025-11-14-100315.png?w=728&amp;ssl=1 728w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.proantic.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Capture-decran-2025-11-14-100315.png?resize=300%2C217&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Madame Greuze sur une chaise longue avec son<br>chien, vers 1759-1760.<br>Crayon graphite, pierre noire, plume, encre grise et noire<br>\u00a9 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Rarement peintre n\u2019a autant repr\u00e9sent\u00e9 les enfants que Greuze, sous forme de portraits, de t\u00eates d\u2019expression ou dans ses sc\u00e8nes de genre : candides ou m\u00e9chants, espi\u00e8gles ou boudeurs, amoureux ou cruels, concentr\u00e9s ou songeurs, ballot\u00e9s dans le monde des adultes, aim\u00e9s, ignor\u00e9s, punis, embrass\u00e9s ou abandonn\u00e9s. Tel un fil rouge, ils sont partout pr\u00e9sents dans son \u0153uvre, tanto\u0302t endormis dans les bras d\u2019une me\u0300re, tanto\u0302t envahis par une re\u0302verie me\u0301lancolique, tanto\u0302t saisis par la frayeur d\u2019un e\u0301ve\u0300nement qui les de\u0301passe. Le parcours les met en lumi\u00e8re autour de sept sections, de la petite enfance jusqu\u2019aux pr\u00e9mices de l\u2019\u00e2ge adulte.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.proantic.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Capture-decran-2025-11-14-100351.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"428\" height=\"536\" data-attachment-id=\"18026\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.proantic.com\/magazine\/jean-baptiste-greuze-lenfance-en-lumiere\/capture-decran-2025-11-14-100351\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.proantic.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Capture-decran-2025-11-14-100351.png?fit=428%2C536&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"428,536\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Jean-Baptiste Greuze &amp;#8211; L&amp;rsquo;enfance en lumi\u00e8re\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Portrait d\u2019AnneGenevi\u00e8ve (dite Caroline) Greuze, 1766.&lt;br \/&gt;\nHuile sur toile, 41 x 33 cm.&lt;br \/&gt;\nCollection particuli\u00e8re.&lt;br \/&gt;\n\u00a9 Collection particuli\u00e8re&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.proantic.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Capture-decran-2025-11-14-100351.png?fit=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.proantic.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Capture-decran-2025-11-14-100351.png?fit=428%2C536&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.proantic.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Capture-decran-2025-11-14-100351.png?resize=428%2C536&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18026\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.proantic.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Capture-decran-2025-11-14-100351.png?w=428&amp;ssl=1 428w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.proantic.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Capture-decran-2025-11-14-100351.png?resize=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Portrait d\u2019AnneGenevi\u00e8ve (dite Caroline) Greuze, 1766.<br>\u00a9 Collection particuli\u00e8re<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>La centralit\u00e9 du th\u00e8me de l\u2019enfance dans la peinture de Greuze se fait le miroir des grands enjeux du XVIIIe si\u00e8cle. Le nouveau statut de l\u2019enfance \u2013 d\u00e9sormais consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme un \u00e2ge \u00e0 part enti\u00e8re \u2013, les d\u00e9bats sur le lait maternel et le recours aux nourrices, la place de l\u2019enfant au sein de la famille ou encore l\u2019importance de l\u2019e\u0301ducation pour la construction de sa personnalite\u0301 et la responsabilite\u0301 des parents dans son de\u0301veloppement sont les pr\u00e9occupations des p\u00e9dagogues et des philosophes, tels que Rousseau, Condorcet ou Diderot. Ces questions hantent alors tous les esprits. Nourri des id\u00e9aux des Lumi\u00e8res, Greuze s\u2019en fait, par le pinceau et le crayon, le t\u00e9moin, l\u2019interpr\u00e8te, voire m\u00eame l\u2019ardent d\u00e9fenseur.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.proantic.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Capture-decran-2025-11-14-100440.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"436\" height=\"538\" data-attachment-id=\"18027\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.proantic.com\/magazine\/jean-baptiste-greuze-lenfance-en-lumiere\/capture-decran-2025-11-14-100440\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.proantic.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Capture-decran-2025-11-14-100440.png?fit=436%2C538&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"436,538\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Jean-Baptiste Greuze L\u2019enfance en lumi\u00e8re\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Jean-Baptiste Greuze, T\u00eate de jeune fille, vers 1773.&lt;br \/&gt;\nSanguine, 31 \u00d7 25,5 cm.&lt;br \/&gt;\nLondres, Collection particuli\u00e8re.&lt;br \/&gt;\n\u00a9 Collection particuli\u00e8re.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.proantic.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Capture-decran-2025-11-14-100440.png?fit=243%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.proantic.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Capture-decran-2025-11-14-100440.png?fit=436%2C538&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.proantic.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Capture-decran-2025-11-14-100440.png?resize=436%2C538&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18027\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.proantic.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Capture-decran-2025-11-14-100440.png?w=436&amp;ssl=1 436w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.proantic.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Capture-decran-2025-11-14-100440.png?resize=243%2C300&amp;ssl=1 243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 436px) 100vw, 436px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jean-Baptiste Greuze, T\u00eate de jeune fille, vers 1773.<br>Sanguine, 31 \u00d7 25,5 cm.<br>\u00a9 Collection particuli\u00e8re<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p> Tout au long de sa carri\u00e8re, l\u2019artiste interroge l\u2019intimit\u00e9 de la famille, avec empathie, parfois avec humour, souvent avec esprit critique. Il se pla\u00eet \u00e0 mettre en image les temps symboliques ou les rituels qui scandent la vie familiale \u2013 ainsi La Remise de la dot au fianc\u00e9 (Petit Palais), Le G\u00e2teau des rois (mus\u00e9e Fabre, Montpellier) ou La lecture de la Bible (mus\u00e9e du Louvre, Paris). Mais l\u2019espace domestique n\u2019est pas seulement un havre de paix. Il est aussi et souvent chez Greuze le th\u00e9\u00e2tre du d\u00e9sordre des familles, le lieu de la violence physique et psychologique. \u00c0 l\u2019image de la vie \u2013 \u00e0 commencer par celle du peintre, qui fut une succession de malheurs domestiques \u2013, tout est complexe dans les familles de Greuze : p\u00e8re avare et fils maudit, p\u00e8re aimant et fils ingrat, m\u00e8re s\u00e9v\u00e8re et enfant ch\u00e9ri, fr\u00e8re protecteur et s\u0153ur jalouse\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.proantic.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Capture-decran-2025-11-14-102650.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"431\" height=\"554\" data-attachment-id=\"18028\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.proantic.com\/magazine\/jean-baptiste-greuze-lenfance-en-lumiere\/capture-decran-2025-11-14-102650\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.proantic.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Capture-decran-2025-11-14-102650.png?fit=431%2C554&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"431,554\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Jean-Baptiste Greuze L\u2019enfance en lumi\u00e8re\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Jean-Baptiste Greuze, T\u00eate d\u2019enfant, dit La Petite Nanette,1770-1780.&lt;br \/&gt;\nHuile sur bois, 40,5 \u00d7 32 cm.&lt;br \/&gt;\nMontpellier, mus\u00e9e Fabre.&lt;br \/&gt;\n\u00a9 Mus\u00e9e Fabre de Montpellier M\u00e9diterran\u00e9e M\u00e9tropole \/ Photo Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Jaulmes&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.proantic.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Capture-decran-2025-11-14-102650.png?fit=233%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.proantic.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Capture-decran-2025-11-14-102650.png?fit=431%2C554&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.proantic.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Capture-decran-2025-11-14-102650.png?resize=431%2C554&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18028\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.proantic.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Capture-decran-2025-11-14-102650.png?w=431&amp;ssl=1 431w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.proantic.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Capture-decran-2025-11-14-102650.png?resize=233%2C300&amp;ssl=1 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 431px) 100vw, 431px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jean-Baptiste Greuze, T\u00eate d\u2019enfant, dit La Petite Nanette,1770-1780.<br>\u00a9 Mus\u00e9e Fabre de Montpellier M\u00e9diterran\u00e9e M\u00e9tropole \/ Photo Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Jaulmes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Greuze, en radical, ose montrer la trag\u00e9die de la mort, que les enfants eux aussi peuvent \u00e9prouver. Il interroge le basculement dans l\u2019\u00e2ge adulte, la perte de l\u2019innocence, l\u2019\u00e9veil \u00e0 l\u2019amour, sans rien maquiller des app\u00e9tits que peut susciter la beaut\u00e9 de la chair aupr\u00e8s de vieillards lubriques ou de jeunes pr\u00e9dateurs. Face \u00e0 ce monde des adultes, souvent cruel, petit et mesquin, il y a chez Greuze comme la volont\u00e9 de retourner dans le giron de l\u2019enfance, temps de la puret\u00e9 et de la candeur : fragile, myst\u00e9rieux et \u00e9ph\u00e9m\u00e8re, telle cette fleur de pissenlit sur laquelle le Jeune berger du Petit Palais s\u2019appr\u00eate \u00e0 souffler pour savoir s\u2019il est aim\u00e9.<br>Pour accompagner les visiteurs dans la lecture des \u0153uvres de Greuze, des cartels \u00ab \u0152il aiguis\u00e9 \u00bbinvitent \u00e0 interroger les d\u00e9tails et \u00e0 d\u00e9crypter les sens cach\u00e9s et les all\u00e9gories des \u0153uvres pr\u00e9sent\u00e9es.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.proantic.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Capture-decran-2025-11-14-100456.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"421\" height=\"553\" data-attachment-id=\"18029\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.proantic.com\/magazine\/jean-baptiste-greuze-lenfance-en-lumiere\/capture-decran-2025-11-14-100456\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.proantic.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Capture-decran-2025-11-14-100456.png?fit=421%2C553&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"421,553\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Jean-Baptiste Greuze L\u2019enfance en lumi\u00e8re\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Jean-Baptiste Greuze, La M\u00e8re qui traye son lait, dit&lt;br \/&gt;\naussi L\u2019Heureuse M\u00e8re, vers 1766.&lt;br \/&gt;\nPinceau, lavis d\u2019encre grise et d\u2019encre noire sur un l\u00e9ger&lt;br \/&gt;\ntrac\u00e9 au graphite sur papier cr\u00e8me doubl\u00e9, 29,9 \u00d7 23,5 cm&lt;br \/&gt;\nCollection Milgrom&lt;br \/&gt;\n\u00a9 Photo Courtesy Collection Milgrom&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.proantic.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Capture-decran-2025-11-14-100456.png?fit=228%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.proantic.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Capture-decran-2025-11-14-100456.png?fit=421%2C553&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.proantic.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Capture-decran-2025-11-14-100456.png?resize=421%2C553&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18029\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.proantic.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Capture-decran-2025-11-14-100456.png?w=421&amp;ssl=1 421w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.proantic.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Capture-decran-2025-11-14-100456.png?resize=228%2C300&amp;ssl=1 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 421px) 100vw, 421px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jean-Baptiste Greuze, La M\u00e8re qui traye son lait, dit<br>aussi L\u2019Heureuse M\u00e8re, vers 1766.<br>Pinceau, lavis d\u2019encre grise et d\u2019encre noire sur un l\u00e9ger<br>trac\u00e9 au graphite sur papier cr\u00e8me doubl\u00e9, 29,9 \u00d7 23,5 cm<br><br>\u00a9 Photo Courtesy Collection Milgro<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>En tirant le fil de l\u2019enfance, mais \u00e0 la lumi\u00e8re des grands d\u00e9bats qui animent le Paris du XVIIIe si\u00e8cle, avec ses aspirations politiques et ses r\u00eaves de transformation, l\u2019exposition r\u00e9v\u00e8le un \u0153uvre d\u2019une originalit\u00e9 et d\u2019une audace insoup\u00e7onn\u00e9es.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Exposition au Petit Palais jusqu&rsquo;au 25 janvier 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Le Petit Palais rend hommage \u00e0 Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805) \u00e0 l\u2019occasion du 300e anniversaire de sa naissance. Peintre de l\u2019\u00e2me, c\u00e9l\u00e8bre pour ses portraits et ses sc\u00e8nes de genre, Greuze est l\u2019une des figures les plus importantes et les plus audacieuses du XVIIIe si\u00e8cle. Aujourd\u2019hui m\u00e9connu, il fut en son temps acclam\u00e9 par le public, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":18023,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-expositions"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Jean-Baptiste Greuze - L&#039;enfance en lumi\u00e8re Le Magazine de Proantic<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Le Petit Palais rend hommage \u00e0 Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805) \u00e0 l\u2019occasion du 300e anniversaire de sa naissance. 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