Title
The Governess
Description
Purchase, 1956. Chardin was one of the first French artists to treat the lives of women and children with sympathy and to portray the dignity of womens work in his images of young mothers, governesses, and kitchen maids. Shown at the Salon of 1739, The Governess was praised by contemporary critics, one of whom noted the graciousness, sweetness, and restraint that the governess maintains in her discipline of the young man about his dirtiness, disorder, and neglect
his attention, shame, and remorse
all are expressed with great simplicity..
Creator
Jean-Simeon Chardin
Source
Stokstad, Marilyn
Art History, 4th ed., Upper Saddle River, N. J.: Pearson Education, 2010 (9780205800377)
Publisher
Department of Visual Studies
University at Buffalo
Date
1739
CE
Contributor
Joe Easterly
Rights
Type
oil paintings (visual works)
paintings (visual works)
Still Image
Identifier
VS457204X
vw-20100831-1
Date Created
2011-09-07
Date Modified
2011-09-07
Is Part Of
Visual Resources Collection
VS001
Extent
18 1/8 x 14 3/4
Medium
oil on canvas
Spatial Coverage
National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa, Ontario)
Audience
AHI101
UB Only
Collection
Tags
Citation
Jean-Simeon Chardin, “The Governess,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed March 4, 2025, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/index.php/items/show/36347.