The Broken Pitcher | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: G2585
People: Jean Massard, French (Bellême 1740 - 1822 Paris)
After Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French (Tournus 1725 - 1805 Paris)
Title: The Broken Pitcher
Other Titles: Original Language Title: La cruche cassée
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1778
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/278535

Physical Descriptions

Technique: Engraving
Dimensions: Image: 42.5 × 35 cm (16 3/4 × 13 3/4 in.)
Plate: 50.5 × 36.7 cm (19 7/8 × 14 7/16 in.)
Sheet: 63 × 45.6 cm (24 13/16 × 17 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Francis Calley, Gray, bequest; to William Gray, his nephew, 1856, gift; to Harvard University, 1857

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State: iv (?)
Standard Reference Number: Andresen 12; LeBlanc 92

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number: G2585
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Explication des peintures, sculptures et gravures, de Messieurs de l'Académie Royale…, exh. cat., De l'Imprimerie de la Veuve Hérissant (Paris, 1785), no. 318 [not Harvard impression]

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G2585: The Broken Pitcher