Ce dessin aquarellé et gouaché de Jean-Baptiste Mallet est à rapprocher de L'Entremetteuse, une gouache plus aboutie de l'artiste conservée au musée Jean-Honoré Fragonard de Grasse (inv. JBM.2009.08.). Quelques différences existent entre les deux oeuvres notamment l'absence de l'homme caché derrière la statue dans le présent dessin ainsi que le temple circulaire à l'arrière-plan sur la droite qui n'existe pas dans la gouache de Grasse. Enfin le traitement du costume de la femme assise est beaucoup plus détaillé, avec chapeau à plumes, dentelle et étole dans la version achevée. (C. Blumenfeld, Jean-Baptiste Mallet. La Route du Bonheur, cat. exp., Grasse, musée Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 2022, cat. 5, pp. 74-75 (ill.).
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The drawing is mounted on a cardboard, the verso is not visible. Some small tears (the larger one: approx.4,5 cm) have been well repaired on the lower right corner. The colors are fresh and strong and the medium is in good condition except a very slight scratch on the upper left part of the composition. In a gilt wood frame.
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Lot 308Sale 21747
Deux élégantes dans un parc : L'EntremetteuseJEAN-BAPTISTE MALLET (GRASSE 1759-1835 PARIS)Estimate: EUR 3,000 - 4,000
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