The latter work shows a young cat and the innards of the titular sea-creature to denote sexuality.
One of his early genre paintings shows seated woman performing the title action as she is aided by a servant, and the servant appears in another work wherein he shown blowing bubbles. He also showed a boy wearing an apron sitting at a table covered with blue felt, whiling away his time producing the titular structure. Some early paintings by this artist of (*) House of Cards show a brown dog and a parrot hungrily eyeing the titular spread, while another painting on a similar theme shows a knife on a white cloth beside a pitcher on the right and a basket of green onions is located on the left along with several oysters. The latter work shows a young cat and the innards of the titular sea-creature to denote sexuality. For 10 points name this French painter of The Buffet and The Ray, who is best known for his still-lifes.
One of his early genre paintings shows seated woman performing the title action as she is aided by a servant, and the servant appears in another work wherein he shown blowing bubbles.
{Jean}-Baptiste-Simeon {Chardin}