The Kitchen Maid
The Kitchen Maid
- Artist
- Jean Siméon Chardin
- Artist Dates
- 1699-1779
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Title
- The Kitchen Maid
- Date
- 1738
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 46.2 x 37.5 cm (18 3/16 x 14 3/4 in)
- K Number
- K1847
- Repository
- National Gallery of Art
- Accession Number
- 1952.5.38
- Notes
Provenance
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 8 March 1951 by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York; [1] gift 1952 to NGA. [1] Invoice from Frederick Mont to the Kress Foundation, copy in NGA curatorial files).