413. Jean-Baptiste Chardin, 1699-1779, Rococo,
French, Saying Grace (Le Benedicité), 1744,

Oil on Canvas, 49.5 x 38.4 cm,

The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg

 

 

Chardin chooses here a theme often depicted by the Dutch masters of the seventeenth century. In contrast with the thick layer of painting he was using in his former works, Chardin uses here a smoother touch.