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The Evening Prayer

A work made of opaque watercolor, over traces of black chalk, on cream laid paper, laid down on card.
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  • A work made of opaque watercolor, over traces of black chalk, on cream laid paper, laid down on card.

Date:

1790

Artist:

Jean-Baptiste Mallet
French, 1759-1835

About this artwork

Jean-Baptiste Mallet was a painter and printmaker who specialized in small, elegant gouaches (opaque
watercolors) of enigmatic subjects, such as this. Arranged like an implausible stage set, a monk-like character and an old man wearing a Phrygian cap appear to reprimand a largely female family who must have fallen on tough times, given that their handsome carpet and ornamental birdcage decorate a rusticated farm building.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Jean Baptiste Mallet

Title

The Evening Prayer

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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1790

Medium

Opaque watercolor, over traces of black chalk, on cream laid paper, laid down on card

Inscriptions

Signed and dated, lower left, in brush and brown watercolor: "J Mallet 1790"; inscribed verso, lower center, in graphite: "no. 11"

Dimensions

Primary support: 28.8 × 38.6 cm (11 3/8 × 15 1/4 in.); Secondary support: 29.5 × 38.9 cm (11 5/8 × 15 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Margaret Day Blake Fund

Reference Number

2015.357

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