Christ Crucified
circa 1765
Jean-Baptiste Greuze is usually famous for those tearful, moralizing family scenes that drove 18th-century Paris wild, but here he’s tackling heavy religious drama with red chalk. You can see his intense focus on anatomy—the ribs, the strained muscles—showing off the academic skills he desperately wanted the Paris Academy to recognize. It feels like a raw, emotional study, capturing the physical weight and agony of the crucifixion with scratchy, energetic lines rather than polished perfection.
- Technique
- Red chalk
- Material
- Paper
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