Heur et Malheur, ou la Cruche cassée

1787

Philibert-Louis Debucourt

Associated Names
Philibert-Louis Debucourt

Artist/publisher, French, 1755 - 1832

This is a painting depicting a pastoral scene near a fountain. The image shows a tranquil setting with a fountain pouring water into a calm stream or pond. Various elements of nature and human life are present around the fountain, including lush greenery, tall trees forming a canopy in the background, plants with vibrant flowers, a small animal by the fountain, and haystacks or a pile of straw. Dispersed clothing items suggest that someone may have been present. The painting is in the style of Jean-Baptiste Greuze.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color etching and wash manner on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within platemark): 34 × 25.4 cm (13 3/8 × 10 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.2257

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fenaille 1899, no. 12, State iii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1899

  • Fenaille, Maurice. L'Oeuvre grave de P.L. Debucourt (1755-1832). Paris: Librairie Damascene Morgand, 1899.

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, below image, at left: Peint et gravé par De Bucourt peintre du Roy 1787; in plate, below image, at center: HEUR ET MALHEUR; / ou / LA CRUCHE CASSÉE; in plate, at bottom center: a Paris chez l'auteur Cour du Louvre la 5.eme porte agauche en entrant par la colonnade au1r

Markings

recto: flower stamp in black [unidentified, Lugt 2832]; verso: National Gallery of Art

Wikidata ID

Q64961025

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