The Hen That Lays the Golden Eggs, c. 1894
Félix Bracquemondexpand_more
Color etchingexpand_more
Bequest of Mrs. Charles S. Pillsburyexpand_more P.58.100
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A quip by the French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte inspired this fair little fowl. Talking about France’s engineering school, the École Polytechnique, Napoleon compared it to a hen that lays “golden eggs.” Those eggs were probably the students, on their way to becoming engineers and military leaders. Bracquemond contributed this image to a book celebrating the school’s hundredth anniversary, in 1894.
Details
- Title
- The Hen That Lays the Golden Eggs
- Artist Life
- 1833–1914
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- P.58.100
- Provenance
- Mrs. Charles S. Pillsbury, Minneapolis; Estate of Mrs. Charles S. Pillsbury; bequeathed to MIA, 1958.
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Beraldi App 113(?)
- Curator Approved
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