Jean Siméon Chardin
The Buffet
From $80
This painting is soft white, rose and warm brown, and a cheap copy muddies the shadows. Our Chardin Attentive Nurse print was graded from a high-resolution master so the white linen and the soft light stay clear.
Canvas, framed or paper
Stretched canvas. Printed on cotton canvas and stretched taut over a frame. The edges are mirror-wrapped, so the picture continues around the sides and none of it is lost to the fold.
Framed canvas. The same canvas, set in a black, white, natural wood or dark wood frame 0.83 in deep. The frame gives the work a finished edge and a little more presence on the wall.
Framed print. Printed on fine art matte paper and framed in solid pine, behind shatterproof plexiglass, in black, white, natural wood or dark wood. It arrives ready to hang. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame.
Fine art print. Printed on 310gsm fine art matte paper, for framing your own way. It travels rolled and protected. From 18x24 inch.
Sizes
16x20 inch, 24x30 inch, 32x40 inch. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame, so the visible painting is a little smaller.
On your wall
Its tall shape suits a study, a hallway or a living room wall. The whites and browns look rich with cream, slate and walnut, and a natural oak or black frame suits it.
About the painting
The Attentive Nurse by Jean Siméon Chardin
A meal for the sick
In 1747 Chardin painted a woman in a quiet kitchen preparing food for someone recovering from illness. At the Salon it was called Food for a Convalescent.
Quiet light
Chardin found beauty in the plainest tasks: a white cloth, a jug, a loaf, and a woman absorbed in her work, painted in his soft, granular light.
Two hundred years
The Austrian ambassador, Prince Joseph Wenzel of Liechtenstein, bought it from Chardin. His family kept it until about 1950. It hangs in the National Gallery of Art.
Read the story
A woman stands in a dim, quiet kitchen. She wears a white cap and a long white apron. Beside her, a small table is laid with a white cloth, a jug, a loaf of bread. She is busy with something in her hands, and completely absorbed in it.
She is preparing a meal for someone who is ill. When Jean Siméon Chardin showed this painting at the Paris Salon in 1747, it was called Food for a Convalescent.
Chardin was the son of a Paris cabinetmaker, and he hardly ever left his city. He began by painting still lifes, and then, in the 1730s, he started to paint people: maids, mothers and children, caught in quiet moments of everyday work.
He painted very slowly, only about four pictures a year. You can feel that patience here, in the soft light, the plain white linen, and the stillness of the room.
This picture was bought straight from Chardin by an Austrian prince, Joseph Wenzel of Liechtenstein, who was ambassador in Paris. His family kept it for two hundred years.
Since 1952, it has been in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, along with another Chardin from the same prince's collection: The Kitchen Maid.
The Attentive Nurse. Jean Siméon Chardin, 1747.
How each piece is brought to life
Faithful to the original, and made to be felt on your wall.
Graded against the original
We compare every work with the original as we grade it, keeping the artist’s colours true while bringing back their depth and glow. Every mark stays the artist’s own.
Printed for you
Printed to order on cotton canvas or fine art paper, then framed if you chose a frame, in 1 to 3 business days.
On your wall
It arrives 5 to 12 business days later, tracked and free anywhere in the US. Framed pieces come ready to hang.
Questions
Is this the original painting?
No. The original hangs in a museum. What you receive is a fine art reproduction, remastered from the original and printed for you, with every mark where the artist left it.
Will the colour look flat?
This is where most reproductions disappoint, and it is where we spend the most time. Each work is graded side by side with the original: faithful to the artist’s colours, with the depth and warmth brought back, so it moves you on the wall the way it was meant to. Canvas reads a touch softer than a backlit screen, and every screen shows colour a little differently.
Will the edges be cropped?
Each size is a standard frame size, so we fit the painting by trimming a little from its edges. We never stretch or squash it, and we check every size by eye so no face, figure or signature is cut. On canvas the edges are mirror-wrapped, which keeps the whole picture on the front.
Which size is right for my wall?
Aim for about two-thirds the width of the furniture beneath it. Over a sofa or a sideboard, one of the two largest sizes will hold the wall. The size guide lists every size in inches and centimetres, with the kind of wall each one suits.
How long does it take?
Your piece is printed in 1–3 business days, then spends 5–12 business days in transit, tracked all the way. Delivery is free anywhere in the US. We are unable to deliver to PO boxes.
What if it arrives damaged?
Send us a photograph and we will remake it and send it again. There is nothing to return.
Can I return it?
Yes, within 30 days of delivery. Our returns policy has the details.
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Printed to order
Graded against the original, then printed for you on cotton canvas or fine art paper in 1–3 business days.
The whole painting
Every mark is the artist’s own, and canvas edges are mirror-wrapped so the whole picture stays on the front.
Free US shipping
On every order, tracked, 5–12 business days in transit.
30-day returns
Returns and exchanges within 30 days of delivery.
