The Broken Mirror
c. 1762 - 1763
In this dramatic scene, a young woman in a rumpled, shimmering satin dress sits slumped in a chair, staring sadly at a shattered mirror on the floor. Her disheveled appearance, with ribbons untied and hair messy, tells a story of sudden distress, perhaps a broken engagement or lost innocence. A tiny, fluffy dog sniffs around the debris, seemingly oblivious to her heartbreak, while scattered pearls and open jewelry boxes hint at the vanity that preceded this moment of regret. Greuze was a master of these 'moralizing' genre paintings, using everyday objects like a broken mirror to symbolize deeper emotional truths about virtue and consequence.
- Technique
- Oil on canvas
Location: Louvre Museum
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