Le bon samaritain (The Good Samaritan)
1909
Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching on laid Van Gelder paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 29 × 38.8 cm (11 7/16 × 15 1/4 in.)
plate: 30.1 × 39.8 cm (11 7/8 × 15 11/16 in.)
sheet: 41.6 × 50.8 cm (16 3/8 × 20 in.) -
Accession
1943.3.3757
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Catalogue Raisonné
Faxon 1982, no. 60, State iii/iii
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 49III" 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
Q64959288