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Intussen, in het leven van Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin
Het hele leven1731
Married: Marguerite Saintard
1731
Restoring the frescoes of the Galerie François I
In 1731, under the painter Jean-Baptiste van Loo, Chardin takes part in the restoration of the frescoes in the Galerie François I at the château of Fontainebleau. It is one of the jobs by which he makes a modest living, otherwise painting pictures in various genres at whatever price his customers chose to pay.
1731
The death of his father
Soon after the 1731 wedding Chardin's father, a cabinetmaker who made billiard tables, dies; in November a son, Jean-Pierre, is born to the painter.
18 november 1731
Son born: Pierre Jean-Baptiste Chardin
1735–1737
The deaths of his wife Marguerite and their daughter
In 1735 Chardin's wife Marguerite dies, and in 1737 their daughter Marguerite-Agnès, baptized in 1733, dies as well.
![Woman Sitting in a Garden [verso], Pablo Picasso, 1901](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/e3303575-2911-4b5b-9f77-140cb915922d/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
