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.
The Laundress (French: La Blanchisseuse[3]) or A Young Girl Doing Laundry (Une petite femme s'occupant à savonner) is the title of three works by the French artist Jean Siméon Chardin.
The prime version of The Laundress dates to between 1733 and 1740. It formed part of the Crozat collection, which was mostly acquired by Catherine II of Russia and is now in the Hermitage Museum.
A second version is now in the Nationalmuseum Stockholm; it is smaller and is signed in the centre on the stool under the tub.
A third version was in the Henri de Rothschild collection but was destroyed in the Second World War.
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