Pour jouer au château de cartes - four paintings by Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, circa 1735-37

 

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The last painting was also produced as an engraving. And, as is frequently the case when copying a painting as a print, the resulting image is reversed.

You wrongly mock this adolescent

And his useless work,

Ready to fall at the first wind

You old fogeys, at the very age when one ought to be wise,

From your brains frequently emerge

Far more ridiculous castles

Inspirational brioche - from Chardin to Manet

 

La Brioche, by Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, 1763.

It's said that Manet referred to the still-life as the "touchstone of the painter", and throughout his career he worked at examples of that genre. One of his most elaborately composed still-lifes, his La Brioche of 1870, was inspired by a painting of that same title by the great Chardin which had only entered the collection of the Louvre the year before, part of the famous bequest of Dr. Louis La Caze. 

La Brioche, by Édouard Manet, 1870.

In the following years, Manet would again find inspiration in the iconic version, known as the brioche à tête or brioche parisienne.

Nature morte, brioche, fleurs, poires, by Édouard Manet, 1876.

Nature morte, brioche, by Édouard Manet, 1880.

As the season ends - a selection of paintings of flowers and fruit

 

The Nasturtiums, No. 2, by Thaddeus Welch, circa 1861-1897.

Still Life with Fruit, by Isaac Soreau, circa 1638.

Autumn Bouquet, by Vanessa Bell, 1912.

An Imaginary Carnation, Aurangabad, North Deccan, 1669 AD.

Still Life with a Carafe, Flowers, and Fruit, by Henri Fantin-Latour, 1865.

Basket of Fruit, by Caravaggio, circa 1599.

Tulips, Rose, Honeysuckle, Apple Blossom, Poppies and Other Flowers in a Glass Vase, with Butterflies, on a Marble Ledge, by Rachel Ruysch, circa early 1690s.

Bouquet of Peonies, by Édouard Manet, 1882.

Still Life with Fruit, by Jacob van Walscapelle, 1675.

Pomegranates, by John Singer Sargent, 1908.

Floral Arrangement with Berries, by Fernand Renard, circa second half of the twentieth century.

The Basket of Wild Strawberries, by Jean-Siméon Chardin, circa 1761.

Basket of Flowers, by Juan de Arellano, circa mid-seventeenth century.

Still Life with Roses, by Félix Vallotton, 1920.

A Glass Compote with Peaches, Jasmine Flowers, Quinces, and a Grasshopper, by Fede Galizia, circa 1600.

Guelder Roses and the Venus de Milo, by Édouard Vuillard, 1905.

Strawberries, by  William Hammer, 1874.

"Say 'mother may I,' and then spell...." - fourteen paintings of white cups, circa 1630-1968

 

Francisco de Zurbarán, circa 1630.

Groundhog Day, by Andrew Wyeth, 1959.

Henri Fantin-Latour, 1865

Cup of Coffee, by Wayne Thiebaud, 1961.

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, circa 1764.

Vincent van Gogh, 1884.

 Cees Tromp, 1925.

Georges-Daniel de Monfreid, 1903.

Henri Fantin-Latour, 1871.

Gerald Norden, 1968.

Johann Zacharias Kneller, circa 1690.

Samuel John Peploe, circa 1927-29.

Antonio Donghi, 1928.

Henri Fantin-Latour, 1864.