The Faïence Restorer
Artist: Paul-Narcisse Salières (French, 1818–1908)
Original Dimensions: 23 3/8" x 25"
Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
About Artwork: (1848) "Salières, who studied with the academic painter Paul Delaroche, made his exhibition debut at the Paris Salon of 1847 and showed this painting there the following year; it retains its original frame. This is ostensibly an unassuming scene of everyday life in the artist's native Languedoc region. But for many mid-nineteenth century viewers it would have evoked La cruche cassée (The Broken Pitcher), the iconic painting of lost innocence by Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725–1805), then as now in the Musée du Louvre, Paris." - (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

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