Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin painted "The Scullery Maid" in 1738. She is scouring a long-handled saucepan, but it's not what she is doing that makes this picture wonderful, it is where her ...

Last week, an unassuming still life by 18th-century French artist Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin sold for €24.4 million ($26.8 million) at an auction in Paris, smashing presale expectations and ...

Art dealer is CLEARED of acting negligently after selling £1m French 'Chardin masterpiece' belonging to aristocrat that later sold for £8.5m after hidden signature was found ...

Glass of Water and Coffee Pot is one of Chardin's late still lifes. Simplicity rules. On a shelf or tabletop sit the title contents, plus three bulbs of garlic, a sprig of herb, a garlic core.

The work, titled The Basket of Wild Strawberries and painted by 18th-century French artist Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin, soared far beyond its high €15 million($16.5 million) estimate to fetch a ...

The London-based dealer Simon Dickinson has been cleared of negligence over the sale of La Bénédicité (saying grace, 1744) by the 18th-century French artist Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin.. In a ...

Countess sues art dealer after £1m family painting re-sold for millions more The dispute centres on a version of Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin’s Le Benedicite.

The Kimbell Art Museum’s yearslong quest to own a still-life painting by Jean Siméon Chardin has come to an end. The Cut Melon, a rare oval-shaped piece from the 18th-century French artist, has ...

Look closely at this 18th-century painting by Jean-Siméon Chardin. It is in the National Gallery of Art and it’s called “The Little Schoolmistress.”I have always loved it.

The Kimbell Art Museum’s yearslong quest to own a still-life painting by Jean Siméon Chardin has come to an end. The Cut Melon, a rare oval-shaped piece from the 18th-century French artist, ...