Témoins à l'audience (2e planche) (Evidence at the Hearing) (second plate)

1908

Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

Jean-Louis Forain

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and soft-ground etching on laid Van Gelder paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 18.4 × 26.5 cm (7 1/4 × 10 7/16 in.)
    plate: 21.9 × 28.7 cm (8 5/8 × 11 5/16 in.)
    sheet (irreg.): 28.8 × 45.9 cm (11 5/16 × 18 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3748

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faxon 1982, no. 44, State iii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Alfred Beurdeley [1847-1919], Paris, (Lugt 421); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1982

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

Inscriptions

"forain" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. "epreuve d'essai" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. "x ar 1908" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. "epr. d essai du 3e etat / [illeg.] et roulette / (tirè a 25)" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. "Au Pretoire pl.1" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "16/16" lower center margin, graphite, unknown hand. "G. 33. témoins à l'audience, 2e pl." lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "a98703" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "[illeg]" 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

"VAN GELDER ZONEN"

Wikidata ID

Q64959274

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