''The Attributes of the Arts'', ''The Attributes of Music'' and ''The Attributes of the Sciences'' are three paintings by

Jean Siméon Chardin Jean Siméon Chardin (; November 2, 1699 – December 6, 1779) was an 18th-century French painter. He is considered a master of still life, and is also noted for his genre paintings which depict kitchen maids, children, and domestic act ...

. They were commissioned in 1764 by the

marquis de Marigny A marquess (; french: marquis ), es, marqués, pt, marquês. is a nobleman of high hereditary rank in various European peerages and in those of some of their former colonies. The German language equivalent is Markgraf (margrave). A woman wi ...

, younger brother of

Madame de Pompadour Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour (, ; 29 December 1721 – 15 April 1764), commonly known as Madame de Pompadour, was a member of the French court. She was the official chief mistress of King Louis XV from 1745 to 1751, and rema ...

and exhibited at the Salon the following year. At the centre of ''Arts'' is a model for

Edmé Bouchardon Edmé Bouchardon (; 29 May 169827 July 1762) was a French sculptor best known for his neoclassical statues in the gardens of the Palace of Versailles, his medals, his equestrian statue of Louis XV of France for the Place de la Concorde (destroy ...

's statue personifying Paris for the fontaine de Grenelle. ''Arts'' and ''Music'' are now in the Musée du Louvre and ''Sciences'' has disappeared.

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