Print Description
Original antique master print showing a young woman with a broken jug standing next to a fountain.
Made by J. Massard after J. B. Greuze.
Medium: Etching / engraving with hand colouring on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 36 x 49.5 cm (14.17 x 19.49 inch). Image size: 35.5 x 49.5 cm. (13.98 x 19.49 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Plate cropped, narrow margins. Mounted on thich paper sheet. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
BROKEN JUG-LA CRUCHE CASSEE-FOUNTAIN-WOMAN | DPO-A2-003-28
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Published in Paris by J. B. Greuze, dated 1773.
Biography engraver: Jean Massard, French engraver (1740-1822).
Biography artist: Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805) was a French painter, born in Tournus. He was taken under the wing of Grandon, who later took him to Lyon and Paris. From 1757 he exhibited in the Salon of the Academie.
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