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Summary

Jean-Baptiste Greuze: The broken pitcher

Artist



Description	French painter and drawer
Date of birth/death	21 August 1725	21 March 1805
Location of birth/death	Tournus	Paris
Work period	1750 –1805
Work location	Paris
Authority file	: Q347139 VIAF: 24611548 ISNI: 0000000081028662 ULAN: 500000119 LCCN: n85252610 WGA: g/greuze WorldCat

Title

French:

La cruche cassée

The broken pitcher

Object type

painting

Genre

genre art

Description

The girl holds a broken jug in her hand symbolizing her lost virginity.

Date

1771

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 109 cm (42.9 in); width: 87 cm (34.2 in)

Collection

Louvre Museum (Inventory)

	Native name	Louvre Museum
	Location	Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois , France
	Coordinates	48° 51′ 40″ N, 2° 20′ 09″ E
	Established	10 August 1793
	Website	www.louvre.fr
	Authority file	: Q19675 VIAF: 257711507 ISNI: 000000012260177X ULAN: 500125189 LCCN: n80020283 NLA: 35912436 WorldCat

Current location

2^nd floor, room 51

Accession number

5036

Object history

Date acquisition 1794

Exhibition history

Atelier de Greuze, Paris, 1877

References

Musée du Louvre, Atlas database: entry 11090
Joconde database: entry 000PE001354

Authority file

Source/Photographer

1. The Yorck Project (2002) 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei (DVD-ROM), distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH. ISBN: 3936122202.

2. GalleriX

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current	02:14, 1 June 2015	2,908 × 3,638 (2.35 MB)	Trzęsacz	http://en.gallerix.ru/storeroom/1014246250/N/2373134403/
	21:29, 4 January 2008	2,024 × 2,513 (499 KB)	Glotz	Reverted to version as of 14:42, 19 May 2005
	13:01, 15 May 2007	359 × 448 (27 KB)	Marcespencer~commonswiki	{{Information \|Description= La cruche cassée \|Source= \|Date= \|Author= \|Permission= Jean-baptiste Greuze \|other_versions= }}
	14:42, 19 May 2005	2,024 × 2,513 (499 KB)	File Upload Bot (Eloquence)	{{Painting\| \|Title=<br /> ''de:'' Der zerbrochene Krug, Oval \|Technique=<br /> ''de:'' Öl auf Leinwand \|Dimensions=<br /> ''de:'' 110 × 85 cm \|Location=<br /> ''de:'' Paris \|Country=<br /> ''de:'' Frankreich \|Gallery=<br /> ''de:'' Mus