LA MALÉDICTION PATERNELLE
par Jean~Baptiste Greuze
1777
This
is the companion piece to Le Fils Puni.
“However much he may have helped his aged father, his mother and brothers, the eldest son of the house enlisted in the army; but he was not going to leave without asking these unhappy people for help. He comes with an old soldier; he makes his request. His father is outraged; he has no kind words for this negligent son, who no longer cares about his father, mother or filial duties, and who answers the old man's reproaches with insults...” — Diderot.
“However much he may have helped his aged father, his mother and brothers, the eldest son of the house enlisted in the army; but he was not going to leave without asking these unhappy people for help. He comes with an old soldier; he makes his request. His father is outraged; he has no kind words for this negligent son, who no longer cares about his father, mother or filial duties, and who answers the old man's reproaches with insults...” — Diderot.