A Christening in Revolutionary France
late 18th century
- Medium
- Pen and brown and gray inks and red chalk and watercolor, heightened with white; squaring for transfer
- Dimensions
- 33.3 × 44.6 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-217537
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.
Provenance
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin, 2017.213
Registry history
- late 18th century — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — drawings
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