XIR362980 The Bird Organ or A Woman Varying Her Pleasures, 1751 (oil on canvas) by Chardin, Jean-Baptiste Simeon (1699-1779); 50x43 cm; Louvre, Paris, France; (add.info.: a serinette is a small barrel organ and was used to teach tunes to canary birds; this musical instrument first appeared in the 17th and 18th centuries in France; painting ordered for the French King, Louis XV, in 1751; the artist was paid 1500 livres in 1752;); French, out of copyright.