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Broken Eggs
Jean-Baptiste Greuze · 1756
- Artist
- Jean-Baptiste Greuze French, Tournus 1725–1805 Paris
- Date
- 1756
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Size
- 28 3/4 x 37 in. (73 x 94 cm)
- Where to see it
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Bequest of William K. Vanderbilt, 1920 · CC0 Public Domain · The Met · see it at the museum ↗
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About Jean-Baptiste Greuze
Jean-Baptiste Greuze was a French painter of portraits, genre scenes, and history painting.
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