Témoins à l'audience (1ère planche) (Evidence at the Hearing) (first plate)
1908
Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

Artwork overview
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Medium
soft-ground etching (zinc) in brown on laid Van Gelder paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 21.7 × 29.2 cm (8 9/16 × 11 1/2 in.)
sheet: 38.5 × 50.5 cm (15 3/16 × 19 7/8 in.) -
Accession
1943.3.3746
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Catalogue Raisonné
Faxon 1982, no. 43, State only
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. "G. 32 Témoins à l'audience (1ère planche)." lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "A. 26539" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.
Markings
"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, stamped twice, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).
Watermarks
[crowned Strasburg lily] "VGL / VAN GELDER ZON[EN]"
Wikidata ID
Q64959271