The essay discusses 18th-century French artist Jean Siméon Chardin's 1731 painting "Attributes of the arts," focusing on its depiction of a relied by François Duquesnoy. The author discusses the Quarrel of the Ancients and Moderns, a controversy about the superiority of ancient and modern arts, in relation to Chardin's work. Other topics include the depiction of Duquesnoy's relief by artist Gerard Dou and French author Charles Perrault's ideas on the Quarrel of the Ancients and Moderns.
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