Lot Essay
The influence of Mallet's teacher Pierre-Paul Prud'hon (1758-1823) is evident in this drawing.
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L'Amour tourmente les coeurs
Details
Jean-Baptiste Mallet (Grasse 1759-1835 Paris)
L'Amour tourmente les coeurs
with inscription 'L'amour tourmente les coeurs' (on the back of the old mount )
black and white chalk on buff paper
14¼ x 10¾ in. (36.2 x 27.5 cm.)
L'Amour tourmente les coeurs
with inscription 'L'amour tourmente les coeurs' (on the back of the old mount )
black and white chalk on buff paper
14¼ x 10¾ in. (36.2 x 27.5 cm.)
Provenance
G. Seligman (L. 3863).
Christian Humann; Sotheby's, New York, 30 April 1982, lot 36.
Christian Humann; Sotheby's, New York, 30 April 1982, lot 36.
Exhibited
New York, Jacques Seligmann and Co., cat. Old Master Drawings, 1968, no. 24.