La madone et les enfants (The Madonna and the Children)
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
plate: 29.1 × 33.6 cm (11 7/16 × 13 1/4 in.)
sheet: 39.4 × 55 cm (15 1/2 × 21 5/8 in.) -
Accession
1943.3.3782
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Catalogue Raisonné
Faxon 1982, no. 81
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 etat" lower left margin, graphite, artist's hand. "MK 29043" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. [stricken inscription] verso, lower right margin, 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
Q64959342