Jean Siméon Chardin's 1760 painting The Cut Melon is officially headed to the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, after a failed attempt to win it at auction. Last June, the Chardin painting set ...

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"The Cut Melon," a rare oval-shaped piece from the 18th-century French artist Jean Siméon Chardin, will be on view to the public starting Thursday at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth.

The Kimbell Art Museum has acquired a rare 18th-century French painting previously caught at the center of a lawsuit between an international auction house and a private buyer. The Fort Worth art ...

The Kimbell Art Museum has acquired The Cut Melon (1760), a still life by Jean Siméon Chardin, from the Rothschild family, after an auction sale last year in Paris fell through. The work went on ...

The Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth announced Wednesday the acquisition of Jean Siméon Chardin’s “The Cut Melon,” a work completed in 1760 that is one of the French artist’s finest still ...