What is Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin?
[[Image:Chardin pastel selfportrait.jpg|thumb|''[[Self-portrait]],'' 1771, [[pastel]], [[Musée du Louvre]], Paris.]] '''Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin''' (2 November 1699 – 6 December 1779) was an 18th-century [[France|French]] painter. He is considered a master of [[still life]].<ref>[http://www.artchive.com/artchive/C/chardin.html Excerpt from Robert Hughes, ''Nothing if not Critical'']</ref> He is also noted for paintings which depict women and children engaged in domestic activities. == Gallery == <gallery> File:Jean Siméon Chardin - The Prayer before Meal - WGA04770.jpg|''Prayer before Meal'' File:Jean Siméon Chardin - The Provider (La Pourvoyeuse) - WGA04759.jpg|''The Provider'' File:Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin 009.jpg|''The Copper Cistern'' File:Jean-Siméon Chardin (French - Still Life with Fish, Vegetables, Gougères, Pots, and Cruets on a Table - Google Art Project.jpg|''Still Life with Fish ...'' File:Jean-Siméon Chardin - Woman Drawing Water at the Cistern - Google Art Project.jpg|''Woman at the Cistern'' File:Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin 001.jpg|''House of Cards'' </gallery> == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:French painters]] [[CAtegory:1699 births]] [[Category:1779 deaths]]