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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:: 90658 The Silver Beaker The Silver Beaker
c. 1750
Medium oil on canvas
cjr c. 1750
Medium oil on canvas
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ID de tableau:: 90737 Die Attribute der Kunste und die Belohnungen, die ihnen gewahrt werden Die Attribute der Kunste und die Belohnungen, die ihnen gewahrt werden
1766(1766)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions Deutsch: 112 x 140 cm
cjr 1766(1766)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions Deutsch: 112 x 140 cm
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ID de tableau:: 91131 Lady Sealing a Letter Lady Sealing a Letter
1732(1732)
Medium oil on canvas
cyf 1732(1732)
Medium oil on canvas
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ID de tableau:: 91145 Der Rochen Der Rochen
1728(1728)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 114 x 146 cm (44.9 x 57.5 in)
cyf 1728(1728)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 114 x 146 cm (44.9 x 57.5 in)
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ID de tableau:: 91960 Die Morgentoilette Die Morgentoilette
1740(1740)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 49 X 39 cm
cyf 1740(1740)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 49 X 39 cm
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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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