A Christening in Revolutionary France
late 18th century
Jean-Baptiste Mallet
Jean-Baptiste Mallet (French, 1759–1835)
Drawings
A Christening in Revolutionary France, late 18th century. Jean-Baptiste Mallet (French, 1759–1835). Pen and brown and gray inks and red chalk and watercolor, heightened with white; squaring for transfer; sheet: 33.3 x 44.6 cm (13 1/8 x 17 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin 2017.213 Mallet’s image depicts a Republican baptism ceremony during the French Revolution. The event takes place in a magnificent Gothic church, identifiable as such by its pointed arches and stained glass window. A mother presents her infant to the priest who raises his right hand as he administers the sacrament. Even the musicians pause from playing to watch this spectacle.
- Maker/Artist
- Mallet, Jean Baptiste
- Classification
- Drawing
- Formatted Medium
- Pen and brown and gray inks and red chalk and watercolor, heightened with white; squaring for transfer
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 33.3 x 44.6 cm (13 1/8 x 17 9/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: verso, upper left corner, in graphite: paoli 30 Inscription: lower left corner, label pasted down on sheet: VALLEE, Md. D'Estampes,
- Departments
- Drawings
- Accession Number
- 2017.213
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Muriel Butkin
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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