The Darkness of Greuze’s Doe-Eyed Children

Where an exhibition’s focus on childhood becomes outright problematic is the show’s bizarre conclusion, which considers spoiled innocence.

The Darkness of Greuze’s Doe-Eyed Children
Jean-Baptiste Greuze, "A Child Playing with a Dog (portrait of Louise-Gabrielle Greuze)" (1767), oil on canvas (© Private Collection; photo courtesy the Petit Palais, Paris; all other photos Olivia McEwan/Hyperallergic)