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Interior scene: a woman washing a child

Watercolour
late 18th century - early 19th century (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Jean-Baptiste Mallet (1759-1835) was a student of Mérimée and Prud'hon. He exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1791 to 1824, and became very successful. He specialised in sentimental genre subjects, painted in gouache and watercolour.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleInterior scene: a woman washing a child (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Gouache
Brief description
Mallet, J-B
Physical description
Watercolour drawing
Dimensions
  • Irregular height: 21.8cm
  • Irregular width: 30.3cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by Miss Maud Lilian Ochs
Subjects depicted
Summary
Jean-Baptiste Mallet (1759-1835) was a student of Mérimée and Prud'hon. He exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1791 to 1824, and became very successful. He specialised in sentimental genre subjects, painted in gouache and watercolour.
Collection
Accession number
E.1691-1991

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Record createdDecember 15, 2005
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