The Marriage Settlement, Plate 1

Gérard Jean-Baptiste Scotin II

Cleveland Museum of Art

Black and white image of seven people in an ornate room, The background shows a room with a large window on the left wall with drapes to the side. The room contains wall hangings. On the left wall are a large painting and two smaller ones. On the right wall are six paintings of different sizes. The text "Marriage A-la-Mode (Plate 1)" is printed on the bottom. The people are: - A man sits on the left, wearing a patterned jacket, holding a cane, with a crown-shaped object on a canopy behind him. - A man stands behind the seated man with a quill in hand over a document on a table. - A man sits at the table holding a book. - A woman sits on the right wearing a patterned dress. - A man sits to her right with a dog sitting near his chair and another dog on the floor. - A woman sits on the right edge, obscured. - A man sits on a chair on the right edge holding a fan. Two dogs are on the floor by the man on the right.