Saying Grace (Chardin)

Saying Grace (Le Bénédicité)
ArtistJean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin
Yearc. 1740
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions49.5 cm × 38.5 cm (19.5 in × 15.2 in)
LocationLouvre, Paris

Saying Grace or The Prayer Before a Meal (French: Le Bénédicité) is the title of several paintings by French artist Jean Simeon Chardin, one of which was given as a gift to Louis XV. The subject of the painting, a middle-class French family saying grace before a meal, is one of everyday bourgeois tranquillity – Chardin's area of interest – with an uncharacteristic touch of sentimentality.

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