Still Life With Cat And Fish

Clara peeterss considerable skill at rendering naturalistic texture and detail is on full display in still life of fish and cat. Still life with cat and fish was created in 1728 by jean baptiste simeon chardin in rococo style. In this work she realistically depicted household abundance without the subtle moral or subtext often associated with still lifes.
still life with cat and fish

At right two scallions three.

Still life with cat and fish. Still life with cat and fish jean baptiste simeon chardin french 1699 1779 on a brown stone ledge in lower foreground are placed an overturned shallow pottery bowl with a large piece of cut fish lying on top. Still life with cat and fish 1728 oil on canvas the main character of this painting by chardin a cat crouches in arrested movement distracted perhaps by something more appetizing than a fish. On the occasion of the monographic exhibition on the artist held that year rosenberg and caritt corrected the date to 1728 which is more appropriate to the style of the two canvases. At left a calico cat placing its front left paw on the fish.

Still life with cat and fish is signed and dated 1728 a date that was incorrectly read as 1758 in the literature prior to 1979 as it is difficult to decipher. Still life with cat and rayfish was created in c1728 by jean baptiste simeon chardin in rococo style. The reddish ceramic colander holds several types of fish including an eel. A mouse on the larder floor.