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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:: 76824 Portrait of Auguste Gabriel Godefroy Portrait of Auguste Gabriel Godefroy
Date 1741(1741)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 67 x 73 cm (26.4 x 28.7 in)
cyf Date 1741(1741)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 67 x 73 cm (26.4 x 28.7 in)
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ID de tableau:: 78472 Boy with a Top Boy with a Top
. 1735(1735)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 68 x 76 cm (26.8 x 29.9 in)
cyf . 1735(1735)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 68 x 76 cm (26.8 x 29.9 in)
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ID de tableau:: 78993 Le philosophe lisant Le philosophe lisant
1734(1734)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 138 x 105 cm (54.3 x 41.3 in)
cyf 1734(1734)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 138 x 105 cm (54.3 x 41.3 in)
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ID de tableau:: 82028 La lavandera La lavandera
ca. 1735(1735)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 37 x 42 cm (14.6 x 16.5 in)
cyf ca. 1735(1735)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 37 x 42 cm (14.6 x 16.5 in)
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ID de tableau:: 83813 The House of Cards The House of Cards
Date between 1736(1736) and 1737(1737)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions Height: 60 cm (23.6 in). Width: 72 cm (28.3 in).
cjr Date between 1736(1736) and 1737(1737)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions Height: 60 cm (23.6 in). Width: 72 cm (28.3 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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