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Source Description
A young woman, wearing a white blouse with her shoulders bared and a long black skirt, kneels in prayer beside her bed. The furnishings of this contemporary bourgeois interior include a colorful oriental rug, a turned mahogany candlestand carrying a brass double candleholder, and an upholstered Louis XV-style armchair. Partially concealed by the pink silk bed curtains is a framed crucifix.Single-figured boudoir scenes, such as this work, were the mainstay of Plassan's oeuvre. A very similar composition, with the same figure and candlestand, entitled "La Prière," was sold at Sotheby's in London, July 21, 1976, no. 45, dated 1862.
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Document identity
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40888
label
Evening Prayer
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drawing
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Source metadata
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40888
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drawing
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normalized
title
Evening Prayer
description
A young woman, wearing a white blouse with her shoulders bared and a long black skirt, kneels in prayer beside her bed. The furnishings of this contemporary bourgeois interior include a colorful oriental rug, a turned mahogany candlestand carrying a brass double candleholder, and an upholstered Louis XV-style armchair. Partially concealed by the pink silk bed curtains is a framed crucifix.Single-figured boudoir scenes, such as this work, were the mainstay of Plassan's oeuvre. A very similar composition, with the same figure and candlestand, entitled "La Prière," was sold at Sotheby's in London, July 21, 1976, no. 45, dated 1862.
provenance
Commissioned by William T. Walters (through George A. Lucas as agent), Baltimore, December 5, 1863 [1]; inherited by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.[1] The Diary of George A. Lucas, p. 166.
date
1863-1864
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CC0
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en
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Painting & Drawing
oil paintings (visual works)
panel paintings
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4
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
27
height
22
dimensionsRaw
H: 10 5/8 x W: 8 11/16 in. (27 x 22 cm); Framed H: 20 1/16 × W: 17 15/16 × D: 2 3/4 in. (51 × 45.6 × 7 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] Lower right in block letters: PLASSAN; [Transcription] Impressed on reverse of panel: TACHET / BREVETTE / A PARIS
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oil on panel (three-ply laminated wood)
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3820
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EAN
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3300
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