Title
Broken Eggs, by Greuze (1756)
Creator
Greuze, Jean-Baptiste (1725-1805)
Date
1756
Description
Indoor scene. Four characters appear in it, a young woman sitting on the ground, a man standing next to her, an old woman with her head covered and pointing to a basket with eggs (one is broken) and a small child on the right. The scene is reminiscent of a brothel scene where the old woman acts as a procuress for the young woman and the man as her client. The symbolism of broken eggs also reinforces this interpretation as they can turn a woman into a procuress.
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met), New York, The US.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436579
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20210604025231/https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436579
Accession Number: 20.155.8
Wikimedia Commons:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Broken_Eggs_MET_DP-12952-001.jpg
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20220203021308/https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Broken_Eggs_MET_DP-12952-001.jpg
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436579
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20210604025231/https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436579
Accession Number: 20.155.8
Wikimedia Commons:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Broken_Eggs_MET_DP-12952-001.jpg
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20220203021308/https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Broken_Eggs_MET_DP-12952-001.jpg
Format
Oil on canvas.
Dimensions: 73 × 94 cm
Dimensions: 73 × 94 cm
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