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Jean-Siméon Chardin (called Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, b. 1999, Paris, d. 1799, Paris) was a genre and later almost exclusively still-life painter. In 1728 he became a member of the Académie Royale Paris. Important works are "Lady sealing a letter", 1733; "The Kitchen Maid", 1738; The strawberry basket, 1761, Porcelain jug, grapes and pomegranates, 1763.