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Quoique l'on cite maintenant ce tableau de Greuze sous le nom de la Fiancée ou l'Accordée de village, lorsqu'il fut exposé au salon de 1761 il fut désigné sous le titre un Mariage, et l'instant où le père de l'accordée délivre la dot à son gendre. En effet, un vieillard assis vient de remettre un sac; le jeune homme, debout au milieu du tableau, le tient de la main gauche, mais il paraît plus sensible au plaisir qu'il éprouve en sentant la main de sa bien-aimée. Le vieux père parle du bonheur qu'il a éprouvé dans son ménage, et lui en désire autant; la mère, de l'autre côté, presse la main de sa fille, et l'engage à conserver la douceur qu'elle a toujours eue, afin de faire le bonheur de son mari, comme elle a fait celui de ses parens.

Rien de mieux que la variété d'expression de chacune des figures qui animent cette scène. La couleur est des plus suaves; et c'est un des tableaux où Greuze a le mieux rendu la douceur des mœurs du peuple.

Ce tableau fut acquis dans le temps par M. de Marigny ; il a été placé depuis dans la grande galerie du Musée. La gravure en a été faite en 1770 par J. J. Flipart.

Larg., 3 pieds 6 pouces; haut., 2 pieds 6 pouces.

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Although this picture by Greuze is now mentioned under the title of the Betrothed or the Village Bride, when it was exhibited in the saloon of 1761, it was designated as A Marriage, and the moment when the Bride's father delivers the dowry to his Son-in-Law. In fact, an old man who is seated, has just given a purse, which the young man, who is standing in the middle of the picture, holds in his left hand; but he appears more alive to the pleasure he feels in pressing the hand of his beloved. The aged father speaks of the happiness he has experienced in his own family, and wishes as much to the youth: the mother, on her side, clasps her daughter's hand, and engages her to preserve that mildness she has always displayed, that she may thus be her husband's comfort, as she has been that of her parents.

Nothing can be better than the variety of expression in each of the figures that animate this scene. The colouring is exceedingly soft: this is one of the pictures in which Greuze has best succeeded in expressing the mildness of the people's manners.

This picture was purchased at the time by M. de Marigny : it has since been in several Collections, and was brought for the Museum in 18..? An engraving of it was executed, in 1770, by J. J. Flipart.

Width, 3 feet 8 inches; Height, 2 feet 7

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