Soap Bubbles (Chardin) facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Soap Bubbles |
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The version of Soap Bubbles in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of art. Chardin painted at least three versions of Soap Bubbles, the oldest known version of which is in the Met.
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| Artist | Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin |
| Year | c. 1733–34 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 61 cm × 63.2 cm (24 in × 24.9 in) |
| Location | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City |
| Accession | 49.24 |
Soap Bubbles is the name of several paintings created by a French artist named Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin in the early 1700s. These paintings are made with oil paints on canvas. Each one shows a young person blowing a soap bubble.
The first and oldest known painting in this series is at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Chardin also made two other versions. You can find these at the Los Angeles County Museum and the National Gallery of Art.
What the Painting Shows
Chardin was trained as an academic artist, but he often liked to do things his own way. He usually avoided painting people by using models. Instead, he would paint from his memory or from ideas in his head.
Soap Bubbles was special because it was the first time Chardin used a real person as a model. This makes it his first painting that truly shows a human figure. Chardin showed one of his Soap Bubbles paintings at the Paris Salon in 1739. We don't know for sure which version he displayed there.
Some people think Chardin chose soap bubbles because they were often used in 17th-century Dutch paintings. In those artworks, soap bubbles often represented how short life is. They reminded people that life is beautiful but can end quickly, just like a bubble pops.
See also
In Spanish: Pompas de jabón (Chardin) para niños
