# The Little Schoolmistress

- By: Jean Siméon Chardin (French, 1699 - 1779)
- Date: after 1740
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: overall: 58.3 x 74 cm (22 15/16 x 29 1/8 in.) ; framed: 80 x 95.9 x 11.4 cm (31 1/2 x 37 3/4 x 4 1/2 in.)
- Culture: French
- Credit line: Andrew W. Mellon Collection
- Museum: [National Gallery of Art](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.98.html)
- Rights: [Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://api.nga.gov/iiif/1e290982-307d-4f51-b064-03ec7abdf448/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)