L'avocat parlant au prévenu (2e planche) (The Lawyer Talking to the Prisoner) (second plate)

1909

Jean-Louis Forain

Associated Names
Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

The image is an etching featuring three individuals in the foreground and one in the background. In the foreground, a child is nestled in the lap of a seated woman next to a standing man. The woman has softly curled hair, and the child is looking upward. The man has a bushy beard and appears to wear a rounded hat. The group's clothing shows rich fabric folds. In the upper right corner, another man with long hair leans over a railing. The background is filled with dense linear hatching, creating depth. The composition emphasizes the interactions and positioning of the individuals.

Media Options

This object’s media is free and in the public domain. Read our full Open Access policy for images.
Not on view See artworks now on view

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid Van Gelder paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 20.5 × 28 cm (8 1/16 × 11 in.)
    plate: 21.7 × 29 cm (8 9/16 × 11 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 37 × 50.2 cm (14 9/16 × 19 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3765

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faxon 1982, no. 66, State ii/ii

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. "22-25" lower left margin, graphite, artist's hand. "G 55II L'avocat parlant au prévenu (2nd plate)" verso, lower center sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "A27631" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "cons 6059" verso, lower right sheet graphite, unknown hand.

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

Q64959308

You may be interested in

Loading Results