Boy with a Spinning Top

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Boy with a Spinning Top is an 18th-century genre painting by French artist Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin that depicts a young boy absorbed in play, exemplifying the artist’s quiet, domestic realism.

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Boy with a Spinning Top canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf genre painting ⓘ
painting ⓘ
artForm easel painting ⓘ
artisticStyle quiet domestic realism ⓘ
realism ⓘ
colorCharacteristic muted tones ⓘ
compositionFocus single figure ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
creator Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin ⓘ
creatorBirthPlace Paris ⓘ
creatorCountry France ⓘ
creatorFullName Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin ⓘ
creatorNationality French ⓘ
creatorOccupation painter ⓘ
depicts child at play ⓘ
domestic interior ⓘ
spinning top ⓘ
young boy ⓘ
depictsAgeGroup child ⓘ
depictsObject table or furniture surface (typical of Chardin interiors) ⓘ
emotionalTone meditative ⓘ
serene ⓘ
genre genre painting ⓘ
hasInfluence later realist depictions of domestic life ⓘ
hasPerspective interior scene ⓘ
hasQuality careful observation of childhood ⓘ
contemplative mood ⓘ
focus on everyday life ⓘ
intimate atmosphere ⓘ
subdued color palette ⓘ
inception 18th century ⓘ
languageOfWork none (visual artwork) ⓘ
lightingCharacteristic soft, diffused light ⓘ
mainSubject boy playing with a spinning top ⓘ
medium oil paint (inferred for Chardin’s paintings) ⓘ
movement French genre painting ⓘ
Rococo ⓘ
notableFor psychological insight into a child’s absorption in play ⓘ
refined depiction of everyday domestic setting ⓘ
partOf Chardin’s body of domestic interior scenes ⓘ
schoolOfArt French school ⓘ
subjectGender male ⓘ
theme childhood ⓘ
concentration ⓘ
domestic life ⓘ
play ⓘ

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Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin → notableWork → Boy with a Spinning Top ⓘ