Témoins à l'audience (2e planche) (Evidence at the Hearing) (second plate)

1908

Jean-Louis Forain

Associated Names
Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

The image is an etching showing a group of people seated, capturing the upper part of their bodies. There are three adults and one child. The facial expressions vary among the individuals. The individuals are dressed in loose-fitting clothes, possibly robes. One adult is holding a large book. The background shows linear patterns suggesting a wall or structure, providing texture.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and soft-ground etching on laid Van Gelder paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 18.4 × 26.5 cm (7 1/4 × 10 7/16 in.)
    plate: 21.9 × 28.7 cm (8 5/8 × 11 5/16 in.)
    sheet (irreg.): 28.8 × 45.9 cm (11 5/16 × 18 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3748

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faxon 1982, no. 44, State iii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Alfred Beurdeley [1847-1919], Paris, (Lugt 421); 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. "epreuve d'essai" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. "x ar 1908" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. "epr. d essai du 3e etat / [illeg.] et roulette / (tirè a 25)" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. "Au Pretoire pl.1" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "16/16" lower center margin, graphite, unknown hand. "G. 33. témoins à l'audience, 2e pl." lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "a98703" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "[illeg]" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Wikidata ID

Q64959274

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