Le prévenu et l'enfant (The Prisoner and the Child)

1909

Jean-Louis Forain

Associated Names
Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

The image shows a group of people sketched in a public setting. In the foreground, a man with a balding head sits facing slightly left, looking down at papers or a manuscript. Behind him, a woman with her hair pulled back is seated facing right, holding a young child on her knee. The child, with short curly hair, is also facing to the right. Surrounding them are other sketched figures, one wearing a uniformed hat. The background includes various lines indicating texture and depth, with contrasting tones to detail features of the figures.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid Van Gelder paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 38.7 × 29.1 cm (15 1/4 × 11 7/16 in.)
    plate: 39.8 × 30.1 cm (15 11/16 × 11 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 50.7 × 38 cm (19 15/16 × 14 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3763

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faxon 1982, no. 63, State iii/iv

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lucien Henraux [1877-1926], Paris; 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. "3me etat" lower left margin, graphite, artist's hand. "G52III" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.

Markings

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

Watermarks

[crowned Strasburg lily] "VGL / VAN GELDER ZON[EN]"

Wikidata ID

Q64959304

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