La route d'Emmaüs (1ère planche) (The Road to Emmaus) (first plate)
1902/1907
Artist, French, 1852 - 1931
Jean-Louis Forain

Artwork overview
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Medium
drypoint on laid Van Gelder paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 15.1 × 22.8 cm (5 15/16 × 9 in.)
plate: 16 × 23.9 cm (6 5/16 × 9 7/16 in.)
sheet: 38 × 50.6 cm (14 15/16 × 19 15/16 in.) -
Accession Number
1943.3.3772
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Catalogue Raisonné
Faxon 1982, no. 33, State iii/iii
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. "3e etat" lower left margin, graphite, artist's hand. "G60III" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.
Markings
"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, stamped twice, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).
Watermarks
[crowned Strasburg lily] "VGL / VAN GELDER ZON[EN]"
Wikidata ID
Q64959324