Le colporteur juif (The Jewish Peddler)

c. 1900

Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    transfer lithograph on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 22 × 18.5 cm (8 11/16 × 7 5/16 in.)
    sheet (irreg.): 36.9 × 47.7 cm (14 1/2 × 18 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.3869

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faxon 1982, no. 250

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Alfred Beurdeley [1847-1919], Paris, (Lugt 421); (Charles Sessler, Philadelphia); sold 18 June 1928 to Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1974

  • Social Concern and the Worker: French Prints from 1830-1910, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City; Cleveland Museum of Art; and Indianapolis Museum of Art, 1974, no. 10, repro.

Bibliography

1982

  • Faxon, Alicia Craig. Jean-Louis Forain: A Catalogue Raisonne of the Prints. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1982.

Inscriptions

"forain" lower center composition, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. "G67" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "EE720" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "2148" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "7887 / Le Colporteur Jeuf" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Markings

(Alfred Beurdeley collector's stamp) lower right margin, black stamped ink, (Lugt 421). "LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q64959503

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