Broken Eggs
Jean-Baptiste Greuze
$47.00
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- 380g/m² cotton canvas — certified museum quality
- Solid wood stretcher bar with 0.75” gallery wrap
- HD Giclée print — colour-true to the original
- Ready to hang — hanging hardware included
Broken Eggs, painted in 1756 by the French artist Jean-Baptiste Greuze, is one of the most celebrated examples of eighteenth-century genre painting. Exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1757 to great critical acclaim, the work exemplifies Greuze's mastery of moralizing narrative — a style that captivated Enlightenment audiences hungry for paintings that combined visual beauty with ethical instruction.
The scene depicts a young woman, her basket of eggs shattered on the ground, confronted by an elderly woman — widely interpreted as a commentary on lost innocence and the irreversible consequences of youthful indiscretion. The broken eggs serve as a layered metaphor: at once a domestic mishap and a coded allusion to lost virtue. Greuze renders each figure with remarkable psychological depth, using a rich, warm palette and deft oil technique inherited from the Dutch genre tradition, yet filtered through a distinctly French sensibility.
Held in the permanent collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, this masterwork is now available as a premium stretched canvas reproduction. Printed on museum-quality matte canvas and hand-wrapped around a sturdy 0.75-inch wooden frame with a classic gallery wrap finish, this piece brings the gravitas of Greuze's moral vision into your living space with enduring elegance.
| Artist | Jean-Baptiste Greuze |
| Year | 1756 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 28 3/4 x 37 in. (73 x 94 cm) |
| Collection | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
| Movement | Realism |
| Available sizes | |
| Small | 25 × 20 cm (10″ × 8″) |
| Medium | 76 × 51 cm (30″ × 20″) |
| Large | 152 × 102 cm (60″ × 40″) |
| All sizes include a 0.75" gallery wrap. Ready to hang — no framing required. | |
