Engraving

Art

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Engraving

Entry/Object ID

MP.94.1151

Description

This engraving of Grevze's famous "The Broken Pitcher" shows a girl clutching flowers in her apron. Around her left arm is a pitcher that is broken. The picture is of her being discombobulated and flustered. There is a lion fountain behind her, and it is encircled in an oval.

Artwork Details

Medium

Paper

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

J. Massard

Attribution

Engraver

Artist

Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Attribution

Maker

Date made

1773

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

"Dediee a Mademoiselle Sophie Arnould, Pensionnaire du Roi et Premiere Actrice de l'Academie Royal de musique. Par sou tres humble es tres obeissan serviteur v. B. Grevze. Paint par J. G. Grevze peintre de Roy, grave par J. Massard en 1773 a Paris chez J. B. Grevze Peindre du Roi Rue Tibaulaude." Title: "Broken Pitcher" or "La Cruche Cassee"

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

23-1/4 in

Width

17-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 23 1/4 x 17 1/2 in. (59.1 x 44.5 cm)

Condition

Notes

Overall Analysis: Found in MP.94.1150.

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

MP.94.1150 a-b - Portfolio - Used together

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

The story is she went off the "path" to collect flowers and she had a sexual encounter symbolized by the break in the water pitcher as she broke her chastity. Her expression is one of bewilderment as well vacillation over the experience.

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Montgomery Place, Livingston Bedroom