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Jean Simeon Chardin (2 November 1699 - 6 December 1779) was an 18th-century French painter. He is considered a master of still life, and is also noted for his genre paintings which depict kitchen maids, children, and domestic activities. Carefully balanced composition, soft diffusion of light, and granular impasto characterize his work.
Chardin was born in Paris, the son of a cabinetmaker, and rarely left the city. He lived on the Left Bank near Saint-Sulpice until 1757, when Louis XV granted him a studio and living quarters in the Louvre.
Chardin entered into a marriage contract with Marguerite Saintard in 1723, whom he did not marry until 1731. He served apprenticeships with the history painters Pierre-Jacques Cazes and Noël-Nicolas Coypel, and in 1724 became a master in the Academie de Saint-Luc.
According to one nineteenth-century writer, at a time when it was hard for unknown painters to come to the attention of the Royal Academy, he first found notice by displaying a painting at the "small Corpus Christi" (held eight days after the regular one) on the Place Dauphine (by the Pont Neuf). Van Loo, passing by in 1720, bought it and later assisted the young painter
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ID de tableau:: 74950 Still Life with Attributes of the Arts Still Life with Attributes of the Arts
1766
Oil on canvas
112 x 141 cm
cjr 1766
Oil on canvas
112 x 141 cm
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ID de tableau:: 75766 Uva y granada Uva y granada
Date 1763(1763)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions Deutsch: 47 x 57 cm
cyf Date 1763(1763)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions Deutsch: 47 x 57 cm
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ID de tableau:: 76281 dit Le Souffleur dit Le Souffleur
Date 1734(1734)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 138 x 105 cm (54.3 x 41.3 in)
Date 1734(1734)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 138 x 105 cm (54.3 x 41.3 in)
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ID de tableau:: 76536 Still Life with Attributes of the Arts Still Life with Attributes of the Arts
Date 1766
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 112 x 141 cm
cyf Date 1766
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 112 x 141 cm
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ID de tableau:: 76610 Boy with a Top Boy with a Top
ca. 1735(1735)
Oil on canvas
68 x 76 cm (26.8 x 29.9 in)
cjr ca. 1735(1735)
Oil on canvas
68 x 76 cm (26.8 x 29.9 in)
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Jean Simeon Chardin (2 November 1699 - 6 December 1779) was an 18th-century French painter. He is considered a master of still life, and is also noted for his genre paintings which depict kitchen maids, children, and domestic activities. Carefully balanced composition, soft diffusion of light, and granular impasto characterize his work.
Chardin was born in Paris, the son of a cabinetmaker, and rarely left the city. He lived on the Left Bank near Saint-Sulpice until 1757, when Louis XV granted him a studio and living quarters in the Louvre.
Chardin entered into a marriage contract with Marguerite Saintard in 1723, whom he did not marry until 1731. He served apprenticeships with the history painters Pierre-Jacques Cazes and Noël-Nicolas Coypel, and in 1724 became a master in the Academie de Saint-Luc.
According to one nineteenth-century writer, at a time when it was hard for unknown painters to come to the attention of the Royal Academy, he first found notice by displaying a painting at the "small Corpus Christi" (held eight days after the regular one) on the Place Dauphine (by the Pont Neuf). Van Loo, passing by in 1720, bought it and later assisted the young painter
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