Jean Siméon Chardin (artist) French, 1699 - 1779 The Attentive Nurse, probably 1738 oil on canvas Overall: 46.2 x 37 cm (18 3/16 x 14 9/16 in.) framed: 61.9 x 53.7 x 7.3 cm (24 3/8 x 21 1/8 x 2 7/8 in.) Samuel H. Kress Collection 1952.5.37

From the Tour: 18th-Century France — Chardin and Portraiture
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Acquired from the artist by Prince Joseph Wenzel of Liechtenstein [1696-1772], Austrian ambassador to France, 1737-1741; by descent through the Princes of Liechtenstein, Vienna and later Vaduz, until at least 1948; (Frederick Mont, Inc., New York); purchased November 1950 by the Samuel H. Kress Collection, New York;[1] gift 1952 to NGA.

[1] The invoice from Frederick Mont to the Kress Foundation is dated 1 November 1950 (copy in NGA curatorial files).

Associated Names

• Kress Foundation, Samuel H.
• Liechtenstein, Joseph Wenzel of, Prince
• Liechtenstein, Princes of
• Mont, Inc., Frederick

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