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Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin

1699 - 1779

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Jean Siméon Chardin (French: [ʒɑ̃ simeɔ̃ ʃaʁdɛ̃]; November 2, 1699 – December 6, 1779) was an 18th-century French painter. He is considered a master of still life, and is also noted for his genre paintings which depict kitchen maids, children, and domestic activities. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin has received more than 434,203 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin is the 132nd most popular painter (down from 124th in 2019), the 416th most popular biography from France (down from 366th in 2019) and the 36th most popular French Painter.

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin is most famous for his still life paintings.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin ranks 132 out of 2,023. Before him are Hans Memling, John Constable, Carl Larsson, Franz Marc, Jean Fouquet, and Jan Steen. After him are Jan Brueghel the Elder, Fernand Léger, Hans von Aachen, Jean Dubuffet, Odilon Redon, and Antonello da Messina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1699, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin ranks 3. Before him are Osman III, and Christian VI of Denmark. After him are Maria Josepha of Austria, Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal, Johann Adolph Hasse, Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, Marie Thérèse Rodet Geoffrin, Anna Leszczyńska, Françoise-Louise de Warens, Alamgir II, and Mastani. Among people deceased in 1779, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin ranks 2. Before him is James Cook. After him are Anton Raphael Mengs, Emperor Go-Momozono, Karim Khan Zand, Thomas Chippendale, Casimir Pulaski, John Kay, David Garrick, Tommaso Traetta, Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf, and William Boyce.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin ranks 416 out of 6,770. Before him are Marcel Marceau (1923), Louis, Duke of Burgundy (1682), André Masséna (1758), Jean Fouquet (1420), Marquis de Condorcet (1743), and Lucien Bonaparte (1775). After him are Alexis Carrel (1873), Pytheas (-380), Nicolas Malebranche (1638), Napoléon, Prince Imperial (1856), Fernand Léger (1881), and Émilie du Châtelet (1706).

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Among PAINTERS In France

Among painters born in France, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin ranks 36. Before him are William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825), Claude Lorrain (1600), Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659), Georges de La Tour (1593), Gustave Moreau (1826), and Jean Fouquet (1420). After him are Fernand Léger (1881), Jean Dubuffet (1901), Odilon Redon (1840), Robert Campin (1375), Robert Delaunay (1885), and Charles Le Brun (1619).

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