Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin

(French, 1699–1779)

Room Paintings holds 14 paintings by Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, from the National Gallery of Art, the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Met and the Art Institute of Chicago. They date from 1726 to 1764. We file all of them under Rococo. The most common subjects are still life, food and drink and fruit. 11 of them suit a room in our lists, most often the dining room and apartment or dorm.

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The 14 paintings

Soap Bubbles, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, ca. 1733–34, oil on canvas

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin Soap Bubbles, ca. 1733–34 The Met

The White Tablecloth, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, c. 1731–32, oil on canvas

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin The White Tablecloth, c. 1731–32 Art Institute of Chicago

The Silver Tureen, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, ca. 1728–30, oil on canvas

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin The Silver Tureen, ca. 1728–30 The Met

An orange and the bodies of a large fowl and two rabbits on a brown ledge nearly span the width of this square still life painting. The face of the ledge takes up the bottom quarter of the composition.

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin Still Life with Game, probably 1750s National Gallery of Art

Still Life with Herrings, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, c. 1735, oil on canvas

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin Still Life with Herrings, c. 1735 Cleveland Museum of Art

Kitchen Utensils with Leeks, Fish, and Eggs, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, c. 1734, oil on canvas

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin Kitchen Utensils with Leeks, Fish, and Eggs, c. 1734 Cleveland Museum of Art

Light from the upper left falls across a glass, a pitcher, peaches in a basket, and other fruit arranged along a brown tabletop or ledge in this horizontal still life painting.

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin Fruit, Jug, and a Glass, c. 1726/1728 National Gallery of Art

A young woman, holding a knife and vegetable in her lap and wearing a clay-brown jacket over a long, poppy-red skirt, sits on a wooden ladderback chair angled to our right in the center of this vertical painting.

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin The Kitchen Maid, 1738 National Gallery of Art

Three apples and two pears sit next to a knife and a luminous, white mug on a tan, stone surface before a muted, olive-green background in this horizontal still life painting.

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin Still Life with a White Mug, c. 1764 National Gallery of Art

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin The House of Cards, probably 1737 National Gallery of Art

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin The Scullery Maid, c. 1738 National Gallery of Art

A pale-skinned woman stands holding a spoon and egg, and bracing a long-handled pan in one elbow, in front of a wooden table near a fireplace mantle in this vertical painting.

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin The Attentive Nurse, 1747 National Gallery of Art

An older girl and a younger child, both with pale skin, bend toward each other as they look at a book spread open on a wooden cupboard in this nearly square painting.

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin The Little Schoolmistress, after 1740 National Gallery of Art

A young man and child, both with pale skin, are framed within the rectangular opening of a stone window in this vertical painting. At the center, the young man leans toward us over his forearms, which rest on the wide ledge.

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin Soap Bubbles, probably 1733/1734 National Gallery of Art

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The 14 paintings