Jean-Siméon Chardin
The Attentive Nurse
174746.2 x 37 cm
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right in brown paint: Chardin.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Samuel H. Kress Collection
Literature
Collection catalogues
John Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, New York, 1995, nr. 422
Philip Conisbee, French paintings of the fifteenth through the eighteenth century, Washington; Princeton, N.J., 2009, nr. 16
Provenance
Acquired from the artist by Prince Joseph Wenzel of Liechtenstein (1696-1772), Austrian ambassador to France, 1737-1741
by descent through the Princes of Liechtenstein, Vienna and later Vaduz, until at least 1948
with Frederick Mont, Inc., New York
purchased 1 November 1950 by the Samuel H. Kress Collection, New York
gift 1952 to NGA
Other works by Jean-Siméon Chardin
Soap Bubbles
c. 1733/34
c. 1733/34
Still Life with a White Mug
c. 1764
c. 1764
The Kitchen Maid
1738
1738
Still Life with Game
1750s
1750s
The House of Cards
c. 1737
c. 1737