破蛋

Jean-Baptiste Greuze French

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 630

虽然这幅作品是在罗马画成的,其中的场景和人物服装也都是意大利式的,但主题的灵感却来自十七世纪的荷兰绘画《破蛋》(现藏于圣彼得堡的国立艾尔米塔什博物馆),其作者是老弗兰斯·范·米里斯;格勒兹通过一幅铜版画得知这件作品。破碎的蛋象征失去童贞。试图修补其中一只蛋的小男孩象征童年时代懵懂的天真。这幅画在1757年的巴黎沙龙展出时获得观众好评。

Broken Eggs, Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French, Tournus 1725–1805 Paris), Oil on canvas

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