The Attributes of the Arts and the Rewards Which Are Accorded Them, 1766, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French, 1699 - 1779, 44 1/2 x 57 1/4 in. ( x cm) (canvas)57 3/4 x 71 x 5 1/8 in. ( x x cm) (outer frame), Oil on canvas, France, 18th century, This picture may appear to reproduce the casual clutter of an 18th-century tabletop. Not so. Chardin carefully selected objects to convey specific meanings. A palette with brushes, placed atop a paint box, symbolizes the art of painting. Building plans, spread beneath drafting and surveying tools, represent architecture

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