Le prévenu et l'enfant (The Prisoner and the Child)
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: 38.7 × 29.1 cm (15 1/4 × 11 7/16 in.)
plate: 39.8 × 30.1 cm (15 11/16 × 11 7/8 in.)
sheet: 50.7 × 38 cm (19 15/16 × 14 15/16 in.) -
Accession
1943.3.3763
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Catalogue Raisonné
Faxon 1982, no. 63, State iii/iv
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Lucien Henraux [1877-1926], Paris; 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. "3me etat" lower left margin, graphite, artist's hand. "G52III" 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
Q64959304