Le calvaire (1ère planche) (Calvary) (first plate)
1902
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
plate: 39.4 × 49 cm (15 1/2 × 19 5/16 in.)
sheet: 49.8 × 64.6 cm (19 5/8 × 25 7/16 in.) -
Accession
1943.3.3769
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Catalogue Raisonné
Faxon 1982, no. 31, 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 composition, in plate, artist's hand. "forain" lower right margin, black crayon, artist's hand. Not dated. "2me etat" lower left margin, lithographic crayon, artist's hand. "mk 29037 "k 7011" [stricken] verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand.
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
Q64959319