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Eye Candy for Today: Chardin still life with coper pot

Ustensiles de cuisine, chaudron, poêlon et oeufs, Jean baptiste Siméon Chardin, oil on wood, roughly 7×15″ (17 x 38 cm), in the collection of the Louvre. Another of Chadin’s marvelous little still life paintings, that I find elevate the ordinary to the extraordinary. I love Read More …

Eye Candy for Today: Chardin’s Young Student Drawing

Young Student Drawing, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin Oil on panel, roughly 8 x 7 inches (21 x 17 cm). Link is to zoomable version on Google Art project; downloadable file on Wikimedia Commons; original is in the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth. French 18th century master Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Read More …

Eye Candy for Today: Chardin’s The Scullery Maid

The Scullery Maid, Jean-Simeon Chardin In the collection of the National Gallery of Art, DC. Use the Zoom or Download links to the right of the image on their page. 18th century French painter Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin was noted for his wonderful still life paintings (that Read More …

Eye Candy for Today: Chardin’s Still Life with Fish, Vegetables, Gougéres, Pots, and Cruets on a Table

Still Life with Fish, Vegetables, Gougéres, Pots, and Cruets on a Table, Jean-Siméon Chardin The original is in the collection of the Getty Museum, which has both a zoomable image, and a large (21MB) downloadable file available on their website. There is also a zoomable Read More …