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Happiness and Woe, or the Broken Pitcher (Heur et malheur, ou la cruche cassée)

Philibert-Louis Debucourt

French, 1755–1832

Happiness and Woe, or the Broken Pitcher (Heur et malheur, ou la cruche cassée)

1787

Medium color engraving on paper
Dimensions Border: 12 1/8 in. (30.8 cm) image: 11 15/16 x 9 13/16 in. (30.4 x 24.9 cm) sheet: 14 11/16 x 10 11/16 in. (37.3 x 27.2 cm) sheet1: 10 in. (25.4 cm)
Object Number 1955.1905
Acquisition Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955
Status Off View

Image Caption

Philibert-Louis Debucourt, Happiness and Woe, or the Broken Pitcher (Heur et malheur, ou la cruche cassée), 1787, color engraving on paper. Clark Art Institute, 1955.1905

Select Bibliography

Fenaille, Maurice. L'oeuvre gravé de P.-L. Debucourt (1755-1832). Paris: Morgand, 1899. Bibliothèque nationale (France) and François Courboin.. Cabinet des estampes. Armand Collection. Inventaire des dessins, photographies et gravures relatives a l'histoire générale de l'art.. 2 vol.. Lille: Impr. L. Danel.. 1895..

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