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"tombstone": "Kitchen Utensils with Leeks, Fish, and Eggs, c. 1734. Jean-Sim\u00e9on Chardin (French, 1699\u20131779). Oil on canvas; framed: 52.5 x 60.5 x 7.5 cm (20 11/16 x 23 13/16 x 2 15/16 in.); unframed: 32.2 x 40.7 cm (12 11/16 x 16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 1980.37",
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"title": "Kitchen Utensils with Leeks, Fish, and Eggs",
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"title": "Year in Review: 1980",
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"title": "Masterworks from The Phillips Collection",
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"description": "Chardin, 1699-1779, Grand Palais, Paris, France (January 29-April 30, 1979); Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 6-Aug. 12, 1979); Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA (September 11- November 19, 1979).",
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"description": "Probably Baron Maurice Sigismund Sulzbach [1853-1922], Paris, France",
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"description": "Chardin was already famous by 1730, when he began to paint small, sparse still lifes of kitchen utensils. He often used the same elements in his compositions, varying slightly the position of the objects and adding or subtracting a utensil\u2014always carefully placing each in relation to the rest to achieve a balanced design. Chardin was the contemporary of Fran\u00e7ois Boucher (1703\u20131770) and he taught Jean-Honor\u00e9 Fragonard (1732\u20131806), but his work is a contrast to theirs, representing the naturalistic tendency that persisted alongside the more fashionable lightness, grace, and playfulness of the Rococo. Chardin discovered a hidden poetry in even the most humble objects, bringing the viewer into an earthly world experienced with directness and simplicity.",
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