The Widow and Her Priest
by GREUZE, Jean-Baptiste, Oil on canvas, 128 x 161 cm
Greuze had a descriptive, Dutch-style art with moralizing tendency. Northern influence can be clearly detected: highly-accomplished draftsmanship, an accumulation of familiar, down-to-earth details, concern for accuracy, the complicated dress of women, a setting orchestrated around some minor domestic drama, and a well-balanced use of grays and whites.