Lot 67: ATTRIBUTED TO JEAN-BAPTISTE MALLET

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, CONNECTICUT GRASSE 1759 - 1835 PARIS "L'AMOUR AU PETIT-POINT" gouache on paper 9 7/8 by 12 3/4 in.; 25 by 32.2 cm.

Stéphanie de Lubersac, Paris; By whom anonymously sold, Paris, Sotheby's, 27 June 2002, lot 82; There purchased by the present owner.

Jean-Baptiste Mallet, a leading student of Pierre Paul Prud'hon, established his reputation in France during the revolutionary years with elegant and refined gouache genre scenes with contemporary interiors. In this picture, a young woman receives a visit from two friends, while a maid lights a fire off to the side. Another version of this composition is located in the Musée Cognac-Jay, Paris.