The Evening Prayer
Jean-Baptiste Mallet French, 1759-1835
1790
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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.
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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.
- Artist
- Jean-Baptiste Mallet French, 1759-1835
- Date
- 1790
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor, over traces of black chalk, on cream laid paper, laid down on card
- Origin
- France
- Collection
- Prints and Drawings
- Reference
- 2015.357 · Art Institute of Chicago