The Father's Curse - The Ungrateful Son is an oil on canvas painting by Jean-Baptiste Greuze, first exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1777, where it was unanimously praised by art critics such as Denis Diderot. It is now in the Louvre in Paris.[1]
Painting by Jean-Baptiste Greuze
The Father's Curse (1777) by Jean-Baptiste Greuze
Based on Diderot's account of the 1761 Salon,[2] the work shows a son announcing to his family that he is leaving to join the army, with his father forbidding it. The work forms a pair with Greuze's The Son Punished.[3]
The subject
The subject of painting[4] is a scene from a family drama, when the son announces to his father that he is leaving for the army and the father curses him. The Curse of the Father, part of a diptych, is associated with another painting by Greuze, The Punished Son.
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