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The Benediction

ArtistChardin, Jean Baptiste
Artist Info.France 1699-1779
Date1740
SubjectPainting
PeriodRococo
Dimensions49x39 cm
CollectionFrance, Paris, Musee du Louvre
Inv. No.3202
Saskia No.Mff-0211
SourceGardner, Art Through the Ages, 11th ed., chapter 28, plate 7
 Gombrich, The Story of Art, 16th ed., plate 308