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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A loaf of bread, a ham on a salver, and a gilt...

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A loaf of bread, a ham on a salver, and a gilt...

Sale Date: December 15, 1999

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A still life with fish

In the manner of Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin

A still life with fish

Sale Date: November 18, 1999

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Apples, horse-chestnuts, a pestle and mortar, a...

Follower of Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin

Apples, horse-chestnuts, a pestle and mortar, a...

Sale Date: July 7, 1999

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Still life with two eggs, two jugs, hanging...

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin

Still life with two eggs, two jugs, hanging...

Sale Date: May 28, 1999

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A still life of apples, grapes, a..., 1800–1800

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A still life of apples, grapes, a..., 1800–1800

Sale Date: April 15, 1999

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A still life of a hare with kitchen utensils

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A still life of a hare with kitchen utensils

Sale Date: April 15, 1999

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Nature morte au chaudron et légumes sur un...

Attributed to Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin

Nature morte au chaudron et légumes sur un...

Sale Date: March 26, 1999

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La pourvoyeuse, 1700–1799

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La pourvoyeuse, 1700–1799

Sale Date: March 10, 1999

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Putti, 1895–1900

In the manner of Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin

Putti, 1895–1900

Sale Date: December 5, 1998

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Une table de cuisine avec marmite de cuivre,...

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin

Une table de cuisine avec marmite de cuivre,...

Sale Date: November 25, 1998

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The gouvernante

After Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin

The gouvernante

Sale Date: November 10, 1998

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A leg of lamb and a wine bottle in a basket on a

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A leg of lamb and a wine bottle in a basket on a

Sale Date: October 28, 1998

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Das Kartenhaus

After Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin

Das Kartenhaus

Sale Date: June 5, 1998

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A book, a letter, an inkwell and other objects...

Circle of Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin

A book, a letter, an inkwell and other objects...

Sale Date: June 3, 1998

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Kitchen still life with a wicker-basket

Circle of Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin

Kitchen still life with a wicker-basket

Sale Date: December 4, 1997

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Panier de prunes avec noix, groseilles et..., 1770

Circle of Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin

Panier de prunes avec noix, groseilles et..., 1770

Sale Date: March 24, 1997

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Still life with a ray-fish, a basket of onions,...

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin

Still life with a ray-fish, a basket of onions,...

Sale Date: December 11, 1996

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Le jeu de l'Oye, 1745

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin

Le jeu de l'Oye, 1745

Sale Date: December 4, 1996

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A young woman seated in a chair

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A young woman seated in a chair

Sale Date: July 4, 1996

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Nature morte au plat d'oignons, gigot et..., 1770

Circle of Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin

Nature morte au plat d'oignons, gigot et..., 1770

Sale Date: June 24, 1996

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La blanchisseuse

After Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin

La blanchisseuse

Sale Date: February 14, 1996

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Le garçon cabaretier

After Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin

Le garçon cabaretier

Sale Date: February 14, 1996

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La fontaine

After Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin

La fontaine

Sale Date: February 14, 1996

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Panier de prunes avec noix, groseilles et..., 1770

Circle of Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin

Panier de prunes avec noix, groseilles et..., 1770

Sale Date: December 13, 1995

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