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Description: | This work is executed in the style of Chardin from his mature phase, possibly by a follower or a copyist. Chardin, the great eighteenth century still-life painter, noted for his harmony of colours and reflections, took his time over a composition, and he often painted numerous variations of the same subject. The artist of this work has attempted a Chardin composition by placing just a few objects next to a piece of ham; the simplicity of this agrees with Chardin's later still lifes where he searched for volumes, mass and textures. However, the painting is too dark and the viewer fails to see Chardin's genius in using each colour as a mirror to another. Although it has been suggested that the texture of the painting dates it to around 1710, this is very unlikely as the first recorded still life we have from Chardin dates from 1727. | Subjects: | still life | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Chardin, Jean-Siméon (French painter and draftsman, 1699-1779) Æ Attributed to manner of | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8754... | Go to resource |
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