The Attributes of the Arts and the Rewards Which Are Accorded Them, 1766, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French, 1699 - 1779, 44 1/2 x 57 1/4 in. (113.03 x 145.42 cm) (canvas)57 3/4 x 71 x 5 1/8 in. (146.69 x 180.34 x 13.02 cm) (outer frame), Oil on canvas, France, 18th century, This picture may appear to reproduce the casual clutter of an 18th-century tabletop. Not so. Chardin carefully selected objects to convey specific meanings. A palette with brushes, placed atop a paint box, symbolizes the art of painting. Building plans, spread beneath drafting and surveying tools, represent architecture. An ornate bronze pitcher alludes to goldsmithing, and the red portfolio symbolizes drawing. The plaster model of J. B. Pigalle's Mercury, an actual work by a friend of Chardin's, stands for sculpture.
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