From the series "Collection Grandes monographies". This continues on the author's earlier studies on the artist which included his major 1979 exhibition catalogue, and the summary catalogue raisonné "Tout l'oeuvre peint de Chardin," (Paris, Flammarion, 1983). The present catalogue contains a list of rejected works and a list of all of Chardin's works cited in salon exhibitions, sales catalogues, and inventories before 1800.