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Mollett’s 1890 book <I>The Painters of Barbizon</I>, while he was still in his twenties, Millet shared a small studio in Paris with Louis-Alexandre Marolles, the subject of this portrait. Perpetually short of funds, Marolles apparently persuaded Millet to make lighthearted pastels executed in the style of Boucher and Watteau, which they could sell for twenty francs each. Whether or not the scheme ever proved profitable, Millet’s portrait of his friend is skillfully drawn in an eighteenth-century Rococo manner. A drawing of a faun is barely discernible on an unfinished canvas in the background of this pastel.</P></SPAN>","remarks":"K4-6 gallery rotation March 2014"},{"texttype":"Online","textpurpose":"Provenance","textentryhtml":"<p>Mme. 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