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Saying Grace or The Prayer Before a Meal (French: Le Bénédicité) is the title of several paintings by French artist Jean Simeon Chardin, one of which was given as a gift to Louis XV.  The subject of the painting, a middle-class French family saying grace before a meal, is one of everyday bourgeois  tranquillity – Chardin's area of interest – with an uncharacteristic touch of sentimentality.
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