Overview Curatorial Departments Near Eastern Antiquities Egyptian Antiquities Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities Islamic Art Sculptures Decorative Arts Paintings Introduction Selected Works Latest Acquisitions Traveling Works Works in Focus Bibliography Timeline Maps Research Centers Prints and Drawings Kaleidoscope Databases My Personal Space Demo Sign In to My Space Forgot Your Password? Donate Online Professionals Overview Journalists Companies Tourism Professionals Professionals & Associations Teachers Young People (Under 30) Overview Under-18s 18 to 30s Support the Louvre	Home - Collection - Curatorial Departments - Paintings - Selected Works - French Painting Paintings : French Painting Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin Pipes and Drinking Pitcher c. 1737 © Musée du Louvre/A. Dequier - M. Bard Details Technical information Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin Pipes and Drinking Pitcher Also known as The Smoking Salon c. 1737 Oil on canvas H. 32 cm; W. 42 cm Acquired 1867 M.I. 721 Paintings Interactive floor plans Author(s) Vincent Pomarède ... 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 ... Back to list   Pipes and Drinking Pitcher The creamy granularity of the texture here points up Chardin's technique: unlike Oudry and Delaporte, he avoids the virtuosity of trompe-l'oeil, opting instead for rendering perceptible the silent life of objects. Description Perfect naturalness Skilled composition and a keen sense of grouping create an impression of perfect naturalness: a jumble on a table, caught by the brush. The work is based on a blue/white harmony broken up by the silvery gleam of the cup and the casket and the faded pinks of the small pot and its lid. The painter further refines the interplay of color with the touch of red provided by the burning tobacco in the blackened bowl of the long clay pipe. This is without doubt one of the handsomest - and certainly the most appealing - of Chardin's still lives. ... 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 ... Back to list

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