Soap Bubbles

Artwork: Soap Bubbles

Artist: Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin

Created: ca. 1733-1734

Medium: Oil on canvas

Dimensions: 93 x 74.6 cm

Location: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., USA

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“The idle play of children was a favorite theme of Chardin, a naturalist among painters. Here he drew inspiration from the seventeenth-century Dutch genre tradition for both the format and the subject. While it is not certain that he intended the picture to carry a message, soap bubbles were then understood to allude to the transience of life. Chardin often painted successful compositions in multiples: later versions of Soap Bubbles belong to the Los Angeles County Museum and to the National Gallery of Art, Washington.”

Source photography: NGA

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