Who created "The Little Schoolmistress"?

The Little Schoolmistress was created by Jean Siméon Chardin in after 1740.

When was "The Little Schoolmistress" created?

This artwork was created after 1740.

What medium is "The Little Schoolmistress"?

The Little Schoolmistress is oil on canvas.

Is "The Little Schoolmistress" in the public domain?

Yes, The Little Schoolmistress is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

The Little Schoolmistress

Jean Siméon Chardin

after 1740

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 58.3 x 74 cm (22 15/16 x 29 1/8 in.) framed: 80 x 95.9 x 11.4 cm (31 1/2 x 37 3/4 x 4 1/2 in.)

Classification

Painting

Department

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Andrew W. Mellon Collection

Accession Number

1937.1.91

About the Artist

Jean Siméon Chardin · 1699–1779

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, born on November 2, 1699, in Paris to a cabinetmaker father who crafted billiard tables, grew up immersed in the city's artisan world on the Left Bank near Saint-Sulpice. His early training came through apprenticeships with the history painters Pierre-Jacques Cazes, where he honed academic drawing techniques, and Noël-Nicolas Coypel, whose assignment to copy a musket ...

The Little Schoolmistress

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