Chardin and Grueze: 
Genre Scenes and Moralizing Art in the 1700's
Are they Rococo or Romantic?  You decide!
Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin
Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Jean- Baptiste Simeon Chardin- 
Grace at Table 
(also called Benediction)
1740 o/c


 
 
 
 
 
 

Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin Self Portrait at the Easel, 1771, 
pastel on blue paper over canvas stretcher, Musée du Louvre, Paris.
Jean- Baptiste Simeon Chardin- 
Grace at Table 
(also called Benediction)
1740 o/c
bourgeois   bourgeoisie

 
Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin.
Soap Bubbles, c1733
oil on canvas, 36 5/8 x 29 3/8 in.
French Rococo

 
 
 
 
 
 

Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin. 
Soap Bubbles, c1733
oil on canvas, 36 5/8 x 29 3/8 in.
French Rococo

Jan Vermeer. The Lacemaker 1669-70
Oil on canvas transferred to panel, 23.9 x 20.5 cm 
Dutch, Baroque

 
 
Jean-Baptiste Greuze, 
Broken Eggs, 1756 
Oil on canvas
28 3/4 x 37 in. (73 x 94 cm)
French Baroque/Rococo?/Romantic?

 
Jean-Baptiste Greuze, 
Broken Eggs, 1756 
Oil on canvas
28 3/4 x 37 in. (73 x 94 cm)
French Baroque/Rococo?/Romantic?

 
Jean-Baptiste Greuze, 
Broken Eggs, 1756 
Oil on canvas
28 3/4 x 37 in. (73 x 94 cm)
French Baroque/Rococo?/Romantic?