Title: The Benediction
Object type: Drawing
Date: ca. 1760
Artist:  Jacques André Portail 
Artist bio: French, Brest 1695–1759 Versailles
Artist nationality: French
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Red and black chalk, touches of brush and gray wash
Dimensions: sheet: 16 7/16 x 13 1/8 in. (41.8 x 33.4 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Purchase, Thomas Williams and Stephen A. Geiger Gifts, 2010
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Men, term: Praying