Le calvaire (1ère planche) (Calvary) (first plate)

1902

Jean-Louis Forain

Associated Names
Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

This is a drawing of an outdoor scene featuring several figures, a ladder, and a minimalistic landscape. The image presents a group of figures next to a ladder standing upright in the background. The figures are dressed in long, flowing garments. The composition is made entirely of pencil or graphite lines on a light background, with soft, flowing lines indicating clouds or wind in the sky. It creates a sense of quiet reflection, with delicate detail in the depiction of garments and stance, and minimal shading throughout.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid Van Gelder paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 39.6 × 49 cm (15 9/16 × 19 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 51 × 64.6 cm (20 1/16 × 25 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3768

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faxon 1982, no. 31, State i/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. "1er état" lower left margin, graphite, artist's hand. "mk 29036" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "k. 7010" [stricken] 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 ZONEN"

Wikidata ID

Q64959317

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