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

1909

Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    transfer lithograph on laid Van Gelder paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 29.5 × 45.2 cm (11 5/8 × 17 13/16 in.)
    sheet (irreg.): 49.7 × 65.3 cm (19 9/16 × 25 11/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.3892

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faxon 1982, no. 270

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Charles Sessler, Philadelphia); sold 11 July 1928 to 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. "14-25" lower left margin, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. "Le Christ dépoillé de se vêtements." lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "K 5553 / c 6082" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "L." lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "A 26688" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "cons6082" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "68" upper 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 ZONEN"

Wikidata ID

Q64959543

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