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Still Life with Herrings

Still Life with Herrings

c. 1735
(French, 1699–1779)
Framed: 58.5 x 50.5 x 8.5 cm (23 1/16 x 19 7/8 x 3 3/8 in.); Unframed: 41 x 33.6 cm (16 1/8 x 13 1/4 in.)

Description

Chardin reflected intensely on the act of observation. Still life became a forum for sophisticated performances in paint, and his complex technique—he famously worked in private—uses a staggering combination of delicate glazes and roughly dragged thick paint to capture the varied surfaces, atmospheres, and spaces in this humble pantry shelf. Acutely aware of recent developments in optics and physics, Chardin explored ideas about light, shadow, and color, and fully expected his work to be inspected closely.
  • Until 1857
    Dr. Benoist
    March 30, 1857
    (Benoist sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, March 30, 1857, no. 12, probably sold to Monsieur R.)
    Probably 1857-1860
    Monsieur R., Paris
    April 28, 1860
    (Monsieur R. collection sale, Rouillard, Paris, April 28, 1860, no. 12, possibly sold to Henri
    Possibly 1860-by 1881
    Henri Viollet [1849-1926?], Tours, France
    Until 1904
    Alfred [1811-1893] and Paul [1833-1903] Mame, Tours, France
    April 26-29, 1904
    (Mame sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, France, April 26-29, 1904, no. 7, sold to Alexis Vollon)
    1904-1909
    Alexis Vollon [1865-1945], Paris, France
    By 1925-1952
    David David-Weill [1871-1952], Paris, France
    1952
    (Rosenberg and Stiebel, New York, NY, sold to Sidney J. Lamon)
    1952-1973
    Sidney J. Lamon [d. 1973], New York, NY
    June 29, 1973
    (Sale, Christie’s, London, June 29, 1973, no. 21, sold to Frederick Mont/Newhouse Galleries) 1
    1973-1974
    (Frederick Mont and Newhouse Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1974-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
  • Hôtel Drouot. Tableaux anciens et modernes de l'école franc̦aise. March 30, 1857.
    "Chronique, Documents, Faits Divers," Revue Universelle des Arts, VI (1857). p. 181
    Rouillard. Tableaux anciens. April 28, 1860.
    Album de l'Exposition rétrospective des beaux-arts de Tours. Tours: Georget-Joubert, 1873.
    Darcel, Alfred. Exposition rétrospective de Tours, par ... Alfred Darcel. Tours: Georget-Joubert, 1873. cat.no. 501
    Galerie Georges Petit. Tableaux anciens et modernes. April 26-29, 1904.
    Comité Chardin et Fragonard (Paris), and Galerie Georges Petit (Paris). Exposition Chardin et Fragonard: Galeries Georges Petit, Paris ; juin-juillet 1907. 1907. cat. no. 68
    Guiffrey, Jean "Exposition Chardin-Fragonard," Revue de l'Art Ancien et Moderne, XXII, (1907). p. 102
    Maurice Tourneux, "L'Exposition Chardin-Fragonard," Gazette des Beaux-Arts, XXXVIII (1907). p. 98
    Henri Frantz, "The Chardin-Fragonard Exhibition in Paris," The Studio, XLII (1908). p. 29
    Otto Grautoff, "Jean-Baptiste Simeon Chardin," Kunst und Künstler, VI (1908). p. 498
    Guiffrey, Jean. Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint et dessiné de J.-B. Siméon Chardin: suivi de la liste des gravures exécutées d'après ses ouvraves. [Place of publication not identified]: [publisher not identified], 1908. p. 90, no. 220
    Dayot, Armand, and Léandre Vaillat. L'œuvre de J.-B.-S. Chardin et de J.-H. Fragonard. Paris: F. Gittler, 1908. see Introduction, and nn. on p. iv, no. 19
    Furst, Herbert. Chardin. London: Methuen & Co, 1911. 2, pl. 111
    Henriot, Gabriel. Collection David-Weill. Paris : Braun & Cie, 1926. pp. 35- 37
    Wildenstein, Georges. Chardin. Paris: Les Beaux-arts, édition d'études et de documents, 1933. no. 896, fig. 125, and no. 898
    Arnold Seligmann-Helft Galleries. French Still Life from Chardin to Cezanne. Loan Exhibition for the Benefit of the Quaker Emergency Service. 1947. cat. no. 9
    Wildenstein, Georges. Chardin. [Zürich]: Manesse, 1963. ), no. 272., fig. 127, and no. 56, fig. 27
    Wildenstein, Georges, and Daniel Wildenstein. Chardin. Greenwich, Conn: New York Graphic Society, 1969. no. 272, fig. 127, and no. 56, fig. 27
    Christie, Manson & Woods. Highly Important Pictures by Old Masters. 1973.
    Davis, Frank. "Talking about Salerooms: 'King of Pots and Pans'" Country Life (August 16, 1973). p. 434
    Clark, Carol C. “Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin: Still Life with Herring.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 61, no. 9 (1974). p. 285, figs. 3 and 4 www.jstor.org
    Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1974.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 62, no. 3 (1975). cat.no. 46 www.jstor.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 178 archive.org
    Rosenberg, Pierre, Jean Baptiste Siméon Chardin, and Sally W. Goodfellow. Chardin, 1699-1779: A Special Exhibition Organized by the Réunion Des Musées Nationaux, Paris, the Cleveland Museum of Art, and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1979. cat.no. 48
    Johnson, Mark M. Chardin, 1699-1799: notes on the exhibition at the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1979. Cleveland: [s.n.], 1979. p. 16, figs. 10 and 11
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Paintings, Part 3: European Paintings of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982. Mentioned: p. 60-61; Reproduced: p. 60
    Borowitz, Helen O. “The Watteau and Chardin of Marcel Proust.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 69, no. 1 (1982). p. 18 www.jstor.org
    Chardin, Jean Baptiste Siméon, and Pierre Rosenberg. Chardin: il pittore del silenzio. Ferrara: Ferrara arte, 2010. ex. cat. no. 21, p. 112-113
    Bourg, Alexis Merle Du. "Il Maestro Delle Nature "Inanimate."" Chardin suppl. no. 272 (Dec. 2010). p. 21
    Chardin, Jean Baptiste Siméon, and Pierre Rosenberg. Chardin, 1699-1779. Madrid: Museo Nacional del Prado, 2011. cat. no. 21, pp 112-5
    Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 193
    Merle du Bourg, Alexis. Chardin. Paris: Citadelles & Mazenod, 2020. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 219-221, no. 202 & 203
  • Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin. Palazzo dei Diamanti, 44110 Ferrara, Italy (October 17, 2010-January 30, 2011); Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, Spain (February 28-May 29, 2011).
    Masterworks from The Phillips Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 20-May 29, 2005).
    Conserving the Past for the Future. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 4-May 6, 2001).
    The Magic of Still Life. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 4, 1986-February 1, 1987).
    Chardin, 1699 - 1779. Musée du Louvre, Paris, France (co-organizer) (January 26-April 30, 1979); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (co-organizer) (June 6-August 12, 1979); Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA (co-organizer) (September 11-November 19, 1979).
    Year in Review: 1974. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 11-April 6, 1975).
    French Still Life from Chardin to Cézanne, Arnold Seligmann-Helft Galleries, New York, NY (October 29-November 22, 1947).
    Exposition Chardin et Fragonard, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, France (June-July, 1907).
    Exposition Retrospective, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Tours, France, (1873).
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