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Le Bénédicité
Le Bénédicité (Grace) is a painting by the French artist Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin. Chardin made several versions of the painting, one of which was given as a gift to Louis XV. The subject of the painting is one of bourgeois, everyday tranquillity – Chardin's field of expertise, with an uncharacteristic touch of sentimentality.
History.
Chardin, who had made his fame painting still life, had at this point in his career started also to include human figures in his works.
", after Noël Hallé; "les Éléments", 4 pieces in-4°, after Étienne Jeaurat; "la Jeunesse sous les habillements de la Décrépitude", after Charles Antoine Coypel; a copy of the "Bénédicité" and "la Mère laborieuse" by Jean-Siméon Chardin; "le Philosophe", "le Buveur" and "le Cuisinier flamand", after David Teniers the Younger ; "Saint Jean-Baptiste" after Raphael and "l’Évêque Fléchier" after Hyacinthe Rigaud; the portraits of "C. Mellan