Le calvaire (2e planche) (Calvary) (second plate)

1902

Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

Jean-Louis Forain

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid Van Gelder paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 37 × 46.7 cm (14 9/16 × 18 3/8 in.)
    plate: 39.9 × 49.6 cm (15 11/16 × 19 1/2 in.)
    sheet (irreg.): 49.3 × 65.1 cm (19 7/16 × 25 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3771

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faxon 1982, no. 32, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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. Not dated. "1er etat" lower left margin, graphite artist's 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 ZONEN"

Wikidata ID

Q64959323

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