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1725 – 1805Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805)Died 21 March 1805, aged 79Greuze was a French painter celebrated for sentimental genre scenes and moralizing domestic subjects that made him one of the most popular artists in pre-revolutionary France. His reputation declined after the Revolution, and he died in poverty in Paris. His portraits and scenes of rural virtue remain widely exhibited.