Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin

(French, 1699–1779)

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin was an important 18th-century French painter known for his modestly scaled still-life paintings. In Chardin’s luminous works, each object is cast within an atmospheric harmony that transcends their materiality. “The beauty of its vast and delicate structure, tinted with red blood, blue nerves, and white muscles, is like the nave of a polychromatic cathedral,” Marcel Proust once wrote of the artist’s painting The Ray (c. 1726). Born on November 2, 1699 in Paris, France, he studied with history painters as a youth, before becoming a teacher at the Académie de Saint-Luc in 1724. The artist’s slowly built up surfaces and meditative gaze was out of the place in a time period dominated by the flowery style of Rococo painting. Chardin’s developed his technique through studying the works of 17th-century Dutch and Flemish painters, especially the vanitas still lifes of Pieter Claesz. During the course of his career, the artist made just over 200 paintings and maintained small yet loyal following. He died on December 6, 1779 in Paris, France. Chardin’s paintings were a major influence on a number of later French artists, including Édouard Manet, Paul Cézanne, and Henri Matisse. Today, his works are held in the collections of the Louvre Museum in Paris, the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and the National Gallery in London, among others.

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La boite du Prestidigateur, 1730

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin

La boite du Prestidigateur, 1730

Galerie Dreyfus

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Sainte Famille avec Nature morte aux pêches

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin

Sainte Famille avec Nature morte aux pêches

Galerie Eric Coatalem

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Portrait de Marguerite Saintard

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin

Portrait de Marguerite Saintard

Galerie Dreyfus

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A Pair of Framed 19th-Century French Prints

After Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin

A Pair of Framed 19th-Century French Prints

Sale Date: April 25, 2024

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L’écureuse

After Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin

L’écureuse

Sale Date: April 12, 2024

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La petite fille aux cerises

Follower of Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin

La petite fille aux cerises

Sale Date: March 20, 2024

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Compositions aux fruits sur entablement.

Style of Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin

Compositions aux fruits sur entablement.

Sale Date: January 22, 2024

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DRZEMKA, 1750

Follower of Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin

DRZEMKA, 1750

Sale Date: October 14, 2023

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L'hiver, à l'imitation de bas-relief d'après , 1776

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin

L'hiver, à l'imitation de bas-relief d'après , 1776

Sale Date: June 15, 2023

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Portrait d'un enfant en médaillon

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin

Portrait d'un enfant en médaillon

Sale Date: April 25, 2023

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Le grand buffet

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin

Le grand buffet

Sale Date: March 22, 2023

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A young girl eating cherries & The young soldier

After Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin

A young girl eating cherries & The young soldier

Sale Date: January 2, 2023

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Le petit dessinateur

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin

Le petit dessinateur

Sale Date: January 25, 2023

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Marmite de cuivre, choux-fleurs et égrugeoir...

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin

Marmite de cuivre, choux-fleurs et égrugeoir...

Sale Date: November 9, 2022

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Still Life

After Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin

Still Life

Sale Date: June 18, 2022

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A genre scene, possibly La boïte du..., 1730

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin

A genre scene, possibly La boïte du..., 1730

Sale Date: June 10, 2022

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Le panier de fraises des bois

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin

Le panier de fraises des bois

Sale Date: March 23, 2022

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La fontaine

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin

La fontaine

Sale Date: November 22, 2021

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L'hiver, à l'imitation de bas-relief d'après , 1776

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin

L'hiver, à l'imitation de bas-relief d'après , 1776

Sale Date: November 22, 2021

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Timbale et pêches sur un entablement

Circle of Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin

Timbale et pêches sur un entablement

Sale Date: September 22, 2021

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Le singe peintre

Attributed to Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin

Le singe peintre

Sale Date: June 16, 2021

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Still life, 1744

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin

Still life, 1744

Sale Date: June 15, 2021

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La gouvernante, 1740

Circle of Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin

La gouvernante, 1740

Sale Date: June 22, 2021

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Les Fiancées

Attributed to Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin

Les Fiancées

Sale Date: June 3, 2021

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