Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin
(1699-1779)
The Turnip Peeler,
1738
Material / Technology / Carrier
Leinwand
Dimensions of the object
45,7 x 36,6 cm
Displayed
Not on display
Acquisition
1799 aus der Galerie Zweibrücken
Stock
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München
Citation
Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin, Die Rübenputzerin, 1738, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/Y0GRlM7xRX (Last updated on 12.11.2024)
A kitchen maid pauses for a moment while peeling and daydreams. Chardin picks up on seventeenth-century Netherlandish kitchen scenes here but refrains from making any obviously moral statement. His intricate painterly style gives the objects an unusual life of their own.
