The Benediction
1755 · Red and black chalk, touches of brush and gray wash
sheet: 16 7/16 x 13 1/8 in. (41.8 x 33.4 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Jacques André Portail
Artist
WA-00054979
Painting
Representation
None documented
0
Institutional Exhibitions
4
Works in Collection
28
Assets Indexed
5
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
60%
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Authority Records (1)
Field Verification (5 fields)
1 cross-verified · 4 single-source
- Is PublishedManual· 100%✓
- Birth yearWikidata· 92%
- Death yearWikidata· 92%
- NationalityWikidata· 92%
- Primary mediumWikidata· 92%
Source Registry (2)
- AicTier 3 · Scraped/inferred95%
- Artsy (bulk)Tier 1 · Institutional85%
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Institutional
Museum Collections
Canonical record
Artworks (4)
Artwork sources (5)
4 published of 13 catalogued · 11 with image
- Rijksmuseum2 published2 img
- The Met2 published2 img
- + 3 more sources · 9 catalogued, not yet published
Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 2)
2 entries · 1 sources
- 1705 · Rijksmuseum · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
- 1740 · Rijksmuseum · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
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2Collections2
Institutional
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In collection
Art Institute of Chicago
In collection
National Gallery of Art
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