Genre Scenes & Ceremonies
Engraving The toton child - Jean-Siméon Chardin
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This portrait of Auguste-Gabriel, the youngest son of jeweller Charles Godefroy, is above all the timeless image of the child absorbed in his world of games and dreams. He evokes the new interest given to childhood, of which, like Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Chardin was one of the most sensitive poets.