Jean Touzé (Paris 1747-1809)

A more finished version of The enterprising seducer is recorded in the sale catalogue of the Albert Meyer collection (Paris, Galerie Charpentier, 15 June 1938, lot 47, entitled Les repasseuses). Touzé was a pupil of Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805), and is known for his slightly bawdy scenes of peasant life. See, for example, Scène de marché avec un homme importunant une jeune femme, sold at Christie's, Paris, 26 March 2014, lot 110.