Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin is celebrated as one of the most important artists of the 18^th century as well as one of the greatest masters of Still Life in the history of French art.

Venerated as the master of genre painting, Chardin was born in Paris on November 2, 1699, the son of a cabinetmaker, and rarely left his native quarter of Saint-Germain-des-Prés