Jean Baptiste Mallet. The Evening Prayer. 1790. France. Opaque watercolor, over traces of black chalk, on cream laid paper, laid down on card Jean-Baptiste Mallet was a painter and printmaker who specialized in small, elegant gouaches (opaquewatercolors) 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.

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Size: 3000px × 2290px
Photo credit: © WBC ART / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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