Le calvaire (2e planche) (Calvary) (second plate)

1902

Jean-Louis Forain

Associated Names
Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

This is a drawing of figures gathered around a ladder. Two groups of figures are on either side of a ladder extending upwards. On the left, three figures stand close together, draped in long garments. To the right of the ladder, a line of four figures are depicted standing in a slightly bowed posture. In the background, undefined lines and shading create a sense of an abstract sky or atmosphere.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching with graphite and lithographic crayon additions on laid Van Gelder paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 37 × 46.7 cm (14 9/16 × 18 3/8 in.)
    plate: 40 × 49.7 cm (15 3/4 × 19 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 51 × 65.1 cm (20 1/16 × 25 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3770

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faxon 1982, no. 32, 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

"retouchee par moi: forain" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. "[illeg.]" lower left margin, graphite, artist's hand. "retoucheé au crayon" lower center margin, graphite, unknown hand. "EE 669" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "Le Retour de Calvaire 2me planche 1er etat" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "15283" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "Le Retour du Calvaire / [illeg.]" verso lower right 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 ZONEN"

Wikidata ID

Q64959322

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