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Broken Eggs

by Jean-Baptiste Greuze · 1756

Broken Eggs by Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Artist

Jean-Baptiste Greuze was a French painter of portraits, genre scenes, and history painting.

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Artwork

Broken Eggs is an oil on canvas painting by French artist Jean-Baptiste Greuze, created in 1756. It is held in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York, which acquired it in 1920.

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Artist
Jean-Baptiste Greuze
Year
1756
Movement
Rococo
Country
France
Location
Metropolitan Museum of Art