'Grace' or 'Le Bénédicité' (French title), c1740. Artist: Jean-Simeon Chardin.

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'Grace' or 'Le Benedicite' (French title), c1740. Interior scene showing a mother laying the table for a meal. She instructs her children to say their grace before eating. Original painting found at the Louvre, Paris. From World Famous Paintings edited by J Grieg Pirie [ G. Foyle Ltd., London, 1938.]

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License: Licensed
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