Le Christ dépouillé de ses vêtements (Christ Stripped of His Clothes)
1909
Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

Artwork overview
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Medium
drypoint in brown on wove Van Gelder paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 23.1 × 28.9 cm (9 1/8 × 11 3/8 in.)
plate: 24.1 × 29.9 cm (9 1/2 × 11 3/4 in.)
sheet: 38.4 × 54.5 cm (15 1/8 × 21 7/16 in.) -
Accession
1943.3.3788
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Catalogue Raisonné
Faxon 1982, no. 88, State i/v
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. Not dated. "1er etat" lower left margin, graphite, artist's hand. "os6a54 / 950 net." lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "Le Dépouillément" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "a 98664" verso, lower center sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "y no. o [stricken]" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand.
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
Q64959353