Hello
In interested in the painting of “girl with shuttlecock” by the French artist - Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin (1699 – 1779). There are several examples on the web, try this one here http://www.wikiart.org/en/jean-baptiste-simeon-chardin/girl-with-racket-and-shuttlecock#supersized-artistPaintings-268470 He probably painted the girl in 1740 and he was famous for painting still life and “realistic” home scenes. I don’t know how old the girl is (12? Years) but she really has a shape that we don’t find today. I have tried, VERY unscientifically, to recreate the image by sitting my 10 year old granddaughter in the same position holding a fly swat instead of a racket. We tried to add a hat something like the one in the picture. Even after persuading dear gd to sit very straight and to pull her shoulders back we did not get anything like the look or shape of the girl in the painting. Either the Chardin girl’s skeleton has been deformed by tight stays, or the painter is employing artistic licence to please the person paying for the portrait. I’m interested in how people with more costume knowledge than me see the girl the painting. B _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
