Le retour de l'enfant prodigue (3e planche) (The Return of the Prodigal Son) (third plate)

1909

Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid Van Gelder paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 29 × 21.7 cm (11 7/16 × 8 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 48.7 × 36.5 cm (19 3/16 × 14 3/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.3756

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faxon 1982, no. 57, State ii/ii


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Louis E. Stern [1886-1962], New York City; (sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 19 November 1936, lot 116); 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. "19/25" lower left margin, graphite, artist's hand. "116-" lower 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 ZON[EN}"

Wikidata ID

Q64959286


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