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. Date: between 1863 and 1864. Place of creation: France. Dimensions: height: 27 cm (10.6 in); width: 22 cm (8.6 in). Medium: oil on panel, wood. Collection: Walters Art Museum. Antoine-Émile Plassan - Evening Prayer - Walters 3747
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