Soap Bubbles (Chardin)

Soap Bubbles
The version of Soap Bubbles in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of art. Chardin painted at least three versions of Soap Bubbles, the oldest known version of which is in the Met.
ArtistJean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin
Yearc. 1733–34
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions61 cm × 63.2 cm (24 in × 24.9 in)
LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
Accession49.24

Soap Bubbles refers to a series of early 18th-century paintings by French artist Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin. Done in oil on canvas, Bubbles - Chardin's first figural painting - depicts a young man blowing a soap bubble. Chardin's original work is currently in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and two later versions of the painting are in the collections of the Los Angeles County Museum and the National Gallery of Art.