The Bible Reading

The Bible Reading, Reading the Bible or The Father of a Family Reading the Bible to his Children is a 1755 oil on canvas genre painting by Jean-Baptiste Greuze. It was exhibited at the Académie royale on 28 June 1755 then at the Paris Salon on 25 August the same year. It was declared a national treasure of France in 2012 and has been in the Louvre since 2016.