The Evening Prayer
Jean-Baptiste Mallet (French, 1759-1835)
1790
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Materials & printing
Archival matte paper, 189 g/m² (10.3 mil), sourced from Japan, printed with multicolor water-based inkjet so every brushstroke stays crisp. Framed prints arrive ready to hang in a .75″ ayous-wood frame with an acrylite front. Sized to standard frames by cropping, never stretching — at most about 3% comes off one edge, which isn’t noticeable on most pieces, and we only offer a size when it stays that small.
Shipping & returns
Made to order and delivered in 5–8 business days (2–4 to print, 3–4 in transit). US shipping only for now. Because each print is made for your order, all sales are final — but if it arrives damaged or defective, send us a photo within 14 days and we’ll replace it free. Full policy.
Why is it this affordable?
A thin, flat margin on every piece — just enough to keep the store running. Most of what you pay is the print itself. We only sell sizes that reproduce at full quality, and we don’t mark up the large sizes the way most shops do.
About this work
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.
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor, over traces of black chalk, on cream laid paper, laid down on card
- Original size
- Primary support: 28.8 × 38.6 cm (11 3/8 × 15 1/4 in.)
Museum record · 3 owners · 1 exhibition
Provenance
- Sold, Galerie Charpentier, Paris, June 1, 1949, lot 29.
- Collection Dillée, Paris; sold, Sotheby's, Paris, Mar. 18–19, 2015, lot 79.
- Sold by Didier Aaron, London, to the Art Institute, 2015.
Exhibitions
- Art Institute of Chicago, "Master Drawings Unveiled: 25 Years of Major Acquisitions," August 27, 2016–January 29, 2017, no cat.
