# The Father's Curse: The Ungrateful Son

- By: Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French, 1725 - 1805)
- Date: about 1778
- Medium: Brush and gray wash over graphite, squared in graphite
- Classification: Drawing
- Dimensions: Unframed: 50.2 × 64 cm (19 3/4 × 25 3/16 in.)
- Culture: French
- Credit line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
- Museum: [J. Paul Getty Museum](https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/103QVX)
- Rights: [CC0. Digital image courtesy of Getty's Open Content Program](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/794a061a-b528-4b86-b7a8-bface9e9b849/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)