Le Christ portant sa croix (5e planche) (Christ Carrying the Cross) (fifth plate), c. 1910

Not on View

Medium

etching on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 20 × 22.6 cm (7 7/8 × 8 7/8 in.)

sheet (irreg.): 24.9 × 38.5 cm (9 13/16 × 15 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Faxon 1982, no. 117

Accession Number

1943.3.3817

Artists / Makers

Jean-Louis Forain (artist) French, 1852 - 1931

Image Use

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Inscription

"1er état forain" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. "Le Christ portant sa Croix" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "31963 MK." lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "17727" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "Christ portant sa Croix" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "22" [encircled] verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Marks and Labels

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d). "DOUANE CENTRALE PARIS" verso, purple stamped ink.

Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius

Bibliography

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