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Description: | This work has been previously attributed to Chardin, the great eighteenth-century painter of portraits, genres and still lifes; the latter brought him fame during and after his lifetime. Chardin was concerned with subtle interplays of light and shade, a breaking up of tones and unification of the overall effect. His first still life was recorded in 1727, but this was a subject that Chardin revisited later in his life. In terms of composition, this dark work, depicting a copper pot, carafe, glass, piece of pate, fork and knife is very much done in the style of Chardin. However, it fails to capture the subtle range of related tones that appears in Chardin's later work. Chardin's later still lifes, depicting objects, mainly from his own household, were chosen for their simplicity, mass, volume and texture. Chardin often signed his works but rarely dated them. In 1769, the year this work was dated, Chardin showed his last still lifes at the Paris Salon. | Subjects: | still life | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Chardin, Jean-Siméon (French painter and draftsman, 1699-1779) Æ Attributed to manner of Previously attributed to Chardin, Jean-Siméon (French painter and draftsman, 1699-1779) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8755... | Go to resource |
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