# The Ungrateful Son

- By: Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French, 1725 - 1805)
- Date: c. 1770
- Medium: red chalk on brown laid paper with framing line in black ink
- Classification: Drawing
- Dimensions: overall: 42.7 x 33.1 cm (16 13/16 x 13 1/16 in.)
- Culture: French
- Credit line: Gift in memory of Douglas Huntly Gordon and in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
- Museum: [National Gallery of Art](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.72876.html)
- Rights: [Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://api.nga.gov/iiif/95f69f29-b2dd-4b12-9cac-00a23c024735/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)