Le Christ dépouillé de ses vêtements (Christ Stripped of His Clothes)

1909

Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint and etching on laid Van Gelder paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 23 × 28.6 cm (9 1/16 × 11 1/4 in.)
    plate: 24 × 29.7 cm (9 7/16 × 11 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 36 × 50.6 cm (14 3/16 × 19 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.3789

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faxon 1982, no. 88, State iii/v

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. Not dated. "3me etat" lower left margin, graphite, artist's hand. "G79 III" 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

Q64959355

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