French painter. He rose from a relatively humble background to become one of the
most admired painters of mid-18th-century France and to hold the influential
position of Treasurer of the Académie Royale. His austere still-lifes and
bourgeois domestic genre scenes were highly praised by Diderot in his Salon
reviews, and, though his reputation went into decline after his death, Chardin
was by the middle of the 19th century once again among the most highly esteemed
of French painters. His works and technique continued to find particular favour
with artists and connoisseurs. Although he is often referred to as Jean-Baptiste-Siméon
Chardin, there is no documentary evidence to confirm this additional name.
Self-Portrait
1771
Pastel
Musée du Louvre, Paris
The Copper Drinking Fountain
c. 1734
Oil on wood, 28,5 x 23 cm
Musée du Louvre, Paris
The Attributes of Painting and Sculpture
c. 1728
Oil on canvas, 64 x 92 cm
Private collection
The Ray
1728
Oil on canvas, 114 x 146 cm
Musée du Louvre, Paris
The Buffet
1728
Oil on canvas, 194 x 129 cm
Musée du Louvre, Paris
The Silver Tureen
c. 1728
Oil on canvas, 76,2 x 108 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Game Still-Life with Hunting Dog
c. 1730
Oil on canvas, 172 x 139 cm
Private collection
A "Lean Diet" with Cooking Utensils
1731
Oil on canvas, 33 x 41 cm
Musée du Louvre, Paris
The Young Schoolmistress
c. 1736
Oil on canvas, 61,5 x 66,5 cm
National Gallery, London
The Draughtsman
1737
Oil on canvas, 81 x 64 cm
Staatliche Museen, Berlin
Still-Life with Pipe an Jug
c. 1737
Oil on canvas, 32,5 x 40 cm
Musée du Louvre, Paris
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