L'Accordée de Village
PAINTING BY JEAN-BAPTISTE GREUZE
L'Accordée de village (play); L'Accordée de Village (play); L'Accordee de Village; The Village Betrothal; Village Betrothal; The Village Bride; Village Bride; Betrothal in the Village
L'Accordée de Village is a painting by the French artist Jean-Baptiste Greuze, first exhibited at the 1761 Salon, where it was unanimously praised by the critics, notably by Diderot. It was the first example of the 'moral painting' genre, to which Greuze often returned.