# La Maitresse d'École [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [LÉPICIÉ, François-Bernard]() - Date: 1701-1750 - Technique: Engraving ## Commentary This engaving was executed after a painting by Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin. There are three extant versions of The Little Schoolmistress: a signed painting in the National Gallery, <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/c/chardin/1/07youngs.html'\)" href="/html/c/chardin/1/07youngs.html">London;</a> an unsigned canvas in the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin; and the signed painting in the National Gallery of Art, <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/c/chardin/1/07young.html'\)" href="/html/c/chardin/1/07young.html">Washington.</a> One version was exhibited at the Salon of 1740. The broader dissemination of the image was assured through its engraved replication in a print published by François-Bernard Lépicié that same year. It is debated whether the engraving is based on the London or the Dublin version. ## Related artworks - [Monument to Mignard]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()