id:			84495
accession number:	2017.213
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2017.213
updated:		2024-03-26 01:55:53.541000

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

title:				A Christening in Revolutionary France
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creation date:			late 18th century
creation date earliest:		1700
creation date latest:		1799
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creditline:			Bequest of Muriel Butkin
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culture:	France, 19th century
technique:	Pen and brown and gray inks and red chalk and watercolor, heightened with white; squaring for transfer
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - French
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Jean-Baptiste Mallet (French, 1759–1835)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 33.3 x 44.6 cm (13 1/8 x 17 9/16 in.)
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	inscription:	verso, upper left corner, in graphite: paoli 30
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	inscription:	lower left corner, label pasted down on sheet: VALLEE, Md. D'Estampes,
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PROVENANCE

	Patrice Batelli; purchased by Mr. Noah L. Butkin [1918-1980], 1976 (sale, 3 December 1976, “Important old master drawings”, lot #102, Christie’s, London); bequest of Mrs. Muriel Butkin [1915-2008], 2005 to The Cleveland Museum of Art.
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