La fraction du pain (The Breaking of the Bread)

1902/1907

Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint in brown on laid Van Gelder paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 27.5 × 24.1 cm (10 13/16 × 9 1/2 in.)
    plate: 29.7 × 25.8 cm (11 11/16 × 10 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 50 × 37.1 cm (19 11/16 × 14 5/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.3796

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faxon 1982, no. 38, State ii/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. "2eme etat" lower left margin, graphite, artist's hand. "Emmaus" verso, lower center sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "EE826" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Markings

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

Watermarks

[Fortune figure] / "VAN GELDER ZON[EN]"

Wikidata ID

Q64959367

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