# Madame Crozat [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [AVED, Jacques-André-Joseph]() - Date: 1701-1750 - Technique: Oil on canvas ## Commentary The remarkable portrait of Madame Crozat was shown at the Salon in 1741. In this portrait Aved conveys something of the sitter's character - including a lack of vanity - and her ordinary existence. With her tapestry work and a teapot handy in the background, she might stand as representative of the highest bourgeoisie: sensible, comfortable, industrious. It was thought worth commenting on in 1741 that another woman would have suppressed the fact of those spectacles which Madame Crozat has just taken off and still holds; Aved seizes on this very detail to give a sense of momentary pause in a pleasantly busy domestic life. In the nineteenth century the painting was supposed to be by Chardin. ## Related artworks - [A Lady with Embroidery]() - [Jean-Philippe Rameau with Violin]() - [Portrait of Carl Gustav Tessin, Swedish Politician]() - [Portrait of Marc de Villiers]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()