Jean-Siméon Chardin
The Kitchen Maid
173846.2 x 37.5 cm
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated center right: Chardin / 1738
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. 425
Philip Conisbee, French paintings of the fifteenth through the eighteenth century, Washington; Princeton, N.J., 2009, nr. 14
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 8 March 1951 by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York
gift 1952 to NGA
Other works by Jean-Siméon Chardin
Still Life with a White Mug
c. 1764
c. 1764
The Attentive Nurse
1747
1747
The House of Cards
c. 1737
c. 1737
Glass of Water and Coffeepot
c. 1761
c. 1761
The Little Schoolmistress
after 1740
after 1740