Chapter I: Front Matter

MASTERPIECES
IN COLOUR
EDITED BY
T. LEMAN HARE

CHARDIN

IN THE SAME SERIES

ARTIST. AUTHOR.

VELAZQUEZ. S. L. BENSUSAN.
REYNOLDS. S. L. BENSUSAN.
TURNER. C. LEWIS HIND.
ROMNEY. C. LEWIS HIND.
GREUZE. ALYS EYRE MACKLIN.
BOTTICELLI. HENRY B. BINNS.
ROSSETTI. LUCIEN PISSARRO.
BELLINI. GEORGE HAY.
FRA ANGELICO. JAMES MASON.
REMBRANDT. JOSEF ISRAELS.
LEIGHTON. A. LYS BALDRY.
RAPHAEL. PAUL G. KONODY.
HOLMAN HUNT. MARY E. COLERIDGE.
TITIAN. S. L. BENSUSAN.
MILLAIS. A. LYS BALDRY.
CARLO DOLCI. GEORGE HAY.
GAINSBOROUGH. MAX ROTHSCHILD.
TINTORETTO. S. L. BENSUSAN.
LUINI. JAMES MASON.
FRANZ HALS. EDGCUMBE STALEY.
VAN DYCK. PERCY M. TURNER.
LEONARDO DA VINCI. M. W. BROCKWELL.
RUBENS. S. L. BENSUSAN.
WHISTLER. T. MARTIN WOOD.
HOLBEIN. S. L. BENSUSAN.
BURNE-JONES. A. LYS BALDRY.
VIGÉE LE BRUN. C. HALDANE MACFALL.
J. F. MILLET. PERCY M. TURNER.
CHARDIN. PAUL G. KONODY.

_In Preparation_

MEMLINC. W. H. JAMES WEALE.
ALBERT DÜRER. HERBERT FURST.
FRAGONARD. C. HALDANE MACFALL.
CONSTABLE. C. LEWIS HIND.
RAEBURN. JAMES L. CAW.
BOUCHER. C. HALDANE MACFALL.
WATTEAU. C. LEWIS HIND.
MURILLO. S. L. BENSUSAN.
JOHN S. SARGENT, R.A. T. MARTIN WOOD.

AND OTHERS.

(In the Louvre)

This "Still-Life," which is among the fine array of Chardin's pictures at the Louvre, affords a striking illustration of the master's supreme skill in rendering the surface qualities, textures, plastic properties, and mutual colour relations of the most varied objects and substances, such as porcelain, metals, linen, foodstuffs, wood, and so forth. The composition is somewhat overcrowded, and lacks the sense of order in the apparent disorder, that is so typical of Chardin's still-life arrangements.]

CHARDIN

BY PAUL G. KONODY

ILLUSTRATED WITH EIGHT
REPRODUCTIONS IN COLOUR

LONDON: T. C. & E. C. JACK
NEW YORK: FREDERICK A. STOKES CO.

CONTENTS

Page
I. 9

II. 36

III. 46

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Plate
I. Still-Life Frontispiece
In the Louvre

Page
II. La Fontaine, or the Woman Drawing Water 14
In the National Gallery, London

III. L'Enfant au Toton, or the Child with the Top 24
In the Louvre

IV. Le Bénédicité, or Grace before Meat 34
In the Hermitage Collection at St. Petersburg

V. La Gouvernante, or Mother and Son 40
In the Collection of Prince Liechtenstein in Vienna

VI. La Mère Laborieuse 50
In the Stockholm Museum

VII. Le Panneau de Pêches, or the Basket of Peaches 60
In the Louvre

VIII. La Pourvoyeuse 70
In the Louvre