Name

Marilhat, Prosper

Variants
Marilhat, Georges-Antoine-Prosper
Birth and Death
Vertaizon (Puy-de-Dôme) 26.3.1811–13.9.1847 Paris
Author and year of editing
Sarah Keller 2025
Biographical Data

Orientalist painter. He travelled to Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, and Palestine in 1831–33. In Cairo, he saw and later described the production of stucco and glass windows. Étienne Thevenot reports his description in his Essai historique sur le vitrail 1837.

Literature

Menu, D. (1972). Prosper Marilhat (1811–1847). Essai de catalogue. Thèse de doctorat, Lettres, Université de Dijon.

Citation suggestion
Keller, S. (2025). Marilhat, Prosper. In Vitrosearch. Retrieved December 5, 2025 from https://www.vitrosearch.ch/persons/2710829.