Lot 38 The Squirrel. 1740, engraved by C. N. Cochin
"In his Écureuse, Chardin happily blends the kitchen objects he had painted in isolation a few years earlier - a copper cauldron, a skimmer, an earthen frying pan and a long-stemmed stove, a wooden vat and a large "earthen vase" (?) - with a female figure, seen in profile, wearing a white bonnet and elegantly dressed to perform her task
€ 300 - 400