Still-Life with a White Mug
by CHARDIN, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon, Oil on canvas, 33 x 41 cm
This painting is characteristic of Chardin’s approach to still-life in the later part of his career. The format is small and intimate. The objects chosen for depiction, at about life size, are comfortably ordinary: a pear, several apples, a knife, and a white porcelain mug, resting on a unadorned stone ledge.