The Silver Goblet
- Artist
- Jean-Siméon Chardin, French, 1699–1779
- Date
- c.1728
- Material
- Oil on canvas
- Classification
- Paintings
- Current Location
- On View, Gallery 202
- Dimensions
- 16 7/8 x 19 in. (42.9 x 48.3 cm)
- Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Rights
- Contact Us
- Object Number
- 55:1934
NOTES
This seemingly simple still life features a silver goblet, a subject Jean-Siméon Chardin painted often. The dark background contrasts with the goblet’s polished surface, which reflects the simple objects clustered around it. Chardin produced many evocative still-life paintings in which individual elements contribute to a feeling of quiet solitude and ethereal beauty. Unlike most other objects in this gallery, this small still life was probably not made for royal patrons.
Provenance
Baron E. de Beurnonville, France [1]
by 1863 - 1867
Laurent Laperlier (1805-1878), France [2]
Philippe Rousseau (1816-1887), France [3]
- still in 1873
Laurent-Richard Collection, France [4]
by 1890 -
Edmond Borthon, Dijon, France [5]
M. de Hotelans, Château de Novillars (near Besançon), France [6]
H. S. Southan, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
by 1933 - 1934
Wildenstein & Co., Inc., New York, NY, USA [7]
1934/11/13 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Wildenstein & Co., Inc. [8]
Notes:
The main source for this provenance is the 1979 exhibition catalog by Pierre Rosenberg [Rosenberg, Pierre. "Chardin, 1699-1779." Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1979, cat. no. 13]. Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
[1] According to the 1890 catalog for the Borthon collection (see note [5]), the painting was previously in the Beurnonville collection. Rosenberg states that the only Beurnonville sale he could locate was on April 15, 1844. The 1844 catalog lists a group of "Fruits and other dishes prepared for meals" which Rosenberg postulates might have included the Saint Louis painting [Rosenberg, p. 123].
[2] When the painting was in the Laperlier collection, Jules de Goncourt (1830-1870) engraved a copy of the picture and exhibited it in the Salon of 1863, no. 2642 [Bocher, Emmanuel. "Les gravures françaises du XVII siecle: ou, Catalogue raisonné des estampes, vignettes, eaux-fortes, pièces en couleur, au bistre et au lavis, de 1700 à 1800." 3. fasc. Paris: Librairie des bibliophiles, 1876, cat. no. 38]. The same year, Jules and Edmond de Goncourt described the picture in an article in the Gazette des Beaux-Arts [Goncourt, Jules and Edmond de. "Chardin." "Gazette des Beaux-Arts" 15 (1863), p. 521]. In 1867, the painting was sold at the Pillet sale of the Laperlier Collection, April 11-13, 1867, lot no. 16 [Bocher, p. 115].
[3] The Borthon catalog (see note [5]) states that Laurent-Richard acquired the painting from Rousseau [Rosenberg, p. 123]. In an article on the Laurent-Richard collection, René Ménard mentions that the painting previously was in the collection of the artist Philippe Rousseau [Ménard, René. "Collection Laurent Richard." "Gazette des Beaux-Arts" 7 (1873), p. 481].
[4] The painting was in two sales of the Laurent-Richard collection. The first sale was on April 7, 1873, lot no. 2. The second sale was May 23-25, 1878, lot no. 91. It is not known if the painting was sold in either of these sales or if it remained in the Laurent-Richard collection between sales [Dayot, Armand. "J.-B Siméon Chardin." Paris: l'Edition d'Art, 1907, p. 42, 44].
[5] Listed as being in the Borthon collection in an 1890 catalog ["Catalogue des tableaux et objets d'art de la collection E. Borthon." Dijon, imp. Darantière, 1890, no. 15; Rosenberg, p. 124].
[6] According to Rosenberg, Hotelans was the son-in-law of Borthon.
[7] Listed as being with Wildenstein in two 1933 publications - an exhibition catalog and the catalogue raisonné ["The Springfield Museum of Fine Arts: Catalog of the Opening Exhibition." Springfield, MA: Springfield Museum of Fine Arts, 1933, cat. no. 40; Wildenstein, Georges. "Chardin." Paris: Paris, Les Beaux arts, Édition d'Études et de documents, 1933, cat. no. 766].
[8] Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, November 8, 1934.
by 1863 - 1867
Laurent Laperlier (1805-1878), France [2]
Philippe Rousseau (1816-1887), France [3]
- still in 1873
Laurent-Richard Collection, France [4]
by 1890 -
Edmond Borthon, Dijon, France [5]
M. de Hotelans, Château de Novillars (near Besançon), France [6]
H. S. Southan, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
by 1933 - 1934
Wildenstein & Co., Inc., New York, NY, USA [7]
1934/11/13 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Wildenstein & Co., Inc. [8]
Notes:
The main source for this provenance is the 1979 exhibition catalog by Pierre Rosenberg [Rosenberg, Pierre. "Chardin, 1699-1779." Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1979, cat. no. 13]. Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
[1] According to the 1890 catalog for the Borthon collection (see note [5]), the painting was previously in the Beurnonville collection. Rosenberg states that the only Beurnonville sale he could locate was on April 15, 1844. The 1844 catalog lists a group of "Fruits and other dishes prepared for meals" which Rosenberg postulates might have included the Saint Louis painting [Rosenberg, p. 123].
[2] When the painting was in the Laperlier collection, Jules de Goncourt (1830-1870) engraved a copy of the picture and exhibited it in the Salon of 1863, no. 2642 [Bocher, Emmanuel. "Les gravures françaises du XVII siecle: ou, Catalogue raisonné des estampes, vignettes, eaux-fortes, pièces en couleur, au bistre et au lavis, de 1700 à 1800." 3. fasc. Paris: Librairie des bibliophiles, 1876, cat. no. 38]. The same year, Jules and Edmond de Goncourt described the picture in an article in the Gazette des Beaux-Arts [Goncourt, Jules and Edmond de. "Chardin." "Gazette des Beaux-Arts" 15 (1863), p. 521]. In 1867, the painting was sold at the Pillet sale of the Laperlier Collection, April 11-13, 1867, lot no. 16 [Bocher, p. 115].
[3] The Borthon catalog (see note [5]) states that Laurent-Richard acquired the painting from Rousseau [Rosenberg, p. 123]. In an article on the Laurent-Richard collection, René Ménard mentions that the painting previously was in the collection of the artist Philippe Rousseau [Ménard, René. "Collection Laurent Richard." "Gazette des Beaux-Arts" 7 (1873), p. 481].
[4] The painting was in two sales of the Laurent-Richard collection. The first sale was on April 7, 1873, lot no. 2. The second sale was May 23-25, 1878, lot no. 91. It is not known if the painting was sold in either of these sales or if it remained in the Laurent-Richard collection between sales [Dayot, Armand. "J.-B Siméon Chardin." Paris: l'Edition d'Art, 1907, p. 42, 44].
[5] Listed as being in the Borthon collection in an 1890 catalog ["Catalogue des tableaux et objets d'art de la collection E. Borthon." Dijon, imp. Darantière, 1890, no. 15; Rosenberg, p. 124].
[6] According to Rosenberg, Hotelans was the son-in-law of Borthon.
[7] Listed as being with Wildenstein in two 1933 publications - an exhibition catalog and the catalogue raisonné ["The Springfield Museum of Fine Arts: Catalog of the Opening Exhibition." Springfield, MA: Springfield Museum of Fine Arts, 1933, cat. no. 40; Wildenstein, Georges. "Chardin." Paris: Paris, Les Beaux arts, Édition d'Études et de documents, 1933, cat. no. 766].
[8] Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, November 8, 1934.