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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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Die Morgentoilette
Date c. 1740(1740)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 49 x 39 cm
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Painting ID:: 87190
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Die_Morgentoilette
Date c. 1740(1740)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 49 x 39 cm
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The House of Cards
1736(1736) and 1737(1737)
Medium Oil on canvas
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Painting ID:: 87710
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The_House_of_Cards
1736(1736) and 1737(1737)
Medium Oil on canvas
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The House of Cards
c. 1735(1735)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 81 x 65 cm
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Painting ID:: 88695
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The_House_of_Cards
c. 1735(1735)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 81 x 65 cm
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Der Abwaschbursche in der Kneipe
c. 1738(1738)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 46 x 37 cm
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Painting ID:: 89735
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Der_Abwaschbursche_in_der_Kneipe
c. 1738(1738)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 46 x 37 cm
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The Copper Drinking Fountain
1734(1734)
Medium oil on panel
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Painting ID:: 89837
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The_Copper_Drinking_Fountain
1734(1734)
Medium oil on panel
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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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