CHARDIN; JEAN-BAPTISTE SIMEON
Paris 1699 - 1779

Workshop
The Soap Bubble Blower.
Oil on wood.
31 x 26cm.
Frame/Pedestal: Framed.
Provenance:
Private ownership; Germany.

Jean-Baptiste-Sim閛n Chardin made at least four versions of the "bubble blowers": three are in American museums (New York; Los Angeles and Washington) and the fourth; lost; is known through an engraving by the engraver Pierre Filloeul (1696 - 1754 ca.).
The present painting; which is oriented in the same direction as the print; shows stylistic features very similar to those of Chardin. The painting was probably made in his workshop. Maybe it could be a work of his son Jean-Pierre: The painting would then not have been copied from the engraving; but from the lost painting as a challenge in his educational process.

We are grateful to Alastair Laing; London; for his kind support in cataloguing the present painting.