The Broken Vessel is an oil on canvas painting by French painter Jean-Baptiste Greuze, created c. 1771–1772.

Her candor is a little exaggerated: her scarf is disturbed, almost revealing a breast, the roses she holds in her hands are a little unflowered and gathered at the level of her hips, while her gaze is hesitant.

Greuze followed this symbolism in other paintings, like Broken Eggs and Young Girl Weeping over Her Dead Bird.

[3] The painting came from a revolutionary seizure to the Château de Louveciennes of the Countess du Barry, in 1794, who had originally commissioned the work.

[5] A copy of the painting in private hands was stolen by the Germans during World War II.