Pèlerins d'Emmaüs (Pilgrims at Emmaus)

1912/1913

Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, drypoint, and white and brown wash with graphite additions on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 25.4 × 31.1 cm (10 × 12 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 39.7 × 46.1 cm (15 5/8 × 18 1/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.3834

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faxon 1982, no. 160

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1957

  • The Life of Christ in Prints, 14 venue touring exhibition organized by the American Federation of Arts (J.B. Speed Museum, Louisville, KY; Grand Rapids Art Gallery, MI; Time, Inc., New York, NY; Washington County Museum, Hagerstown, MD; Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, CO; Newcomb College, New Orleans, LA; Wells College, Aurora, NY; Mississippi Art Association, Jackson, MS; Calgary Allied Arts Centre, Alberta, Canada; Edmonton Art Gallery, Alberta, Canada; Sackville Art Association, New Brunswick, Canada; and Winnipeg Art Gallery, Manitoba, Canada), 1957-1960, no cat.

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, brown chalk, artist's hand. Not dated. Verso: none.

Markings

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

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q64959438

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