# The Attributes of the Arts with a Bust of Mercury [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [CHARDIN, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon]() - Date: 1701-1750 - Technique: Oil on canvas ## Commentary The Attributes of the Arts with a Bust of Mercury c. 1728 Oil on canvas Pushkin Museum, Moscow The date of 1728 is suggested for the painting by critics. In that year Chardin entered the Académie, listed as a painter "skilled in animals fruits" and became most noted for his important works both dated 1728, The Ray Fish, and The Sideboard. The Ray Fish arguably proclaimed the artist's ambition and caused a sensation allowing Chardin entry to the Académie and inspiring Diderot to say were he to train his son as an artist this is the picture he would have him copy. ## Related artworks - [A Child with a Teetotum]() - [A "Lean Diet" with Cooking Utensils]() - [A Vase of Flowers]() - [Attributes of Music]() - [Basket of Peaches, with Walnuts, Knife and Glass of Wine]() - [Draughtsman]() - [Fruit, Jug, and a Glass]() - [Game Still-Life with Hunting Dog]() - [Girl with Racket and Shuttlecock]() - [Grapes and Pomegranates]() - ['La Brioche' \(Cake\)]() - [La Gouvernante \(The Governess\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()