A visual art genre where objects are arranged, usually in a natural setting, and typically painted life-size. Subjects can be quite varied but commonly have included books, flowers, fruit, fabrics and jars. Still-life painting flourished among Dutch painters of the seventeenth century. Jean Chardin was the most universally admired painter of still-life works. Chardin painted many pictures of everyday items, including kettles, vegetables, and earthenware vessels, with superb modeling of color, light, and texture.