Broken Eggs

1756

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 28 3/4 x 37 in. (73 x 94 cm)
Collection no.: 20.155.8
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Bequest of William K. Vanderbilt, 1920. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0; compressed study reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Broken Eggs — Jean-Baptiste Greuze. 1756.

Medium: Oil on canvas. Dimensions: 28 3/4 x 37 in. (73 x 94 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Bequest of William K. Vanderbilt, 1920.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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