La route de Rocquencourt (The Road to Rocquencourt)

1909

Jean-Louis Forain

Associated Names
Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

The image features a landscape with an elevated viewpoint, looking down a slight slope toward a house on the right partially hidden by foliage. The horizon is low in the image, faintly visible in the distance. The brushstrokes are loose and expressive, creating texture in the foliage and grass. The color palette is primarily sepia tones. There are bushes on the left and a figure seated near a path. The sky occupies the upper half of the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 17.3 × 20.1 cm (6 13/16 × 7 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 20.3 × 25.9 cm (8 × 10 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3784

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faxon 1982, no. 84, State ii?/iii

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. "G 75 bis II La route de Rocquencourt" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "A26613" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "84" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "B. 19851" 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

[fleur de lis] / "1827"

Wikidata ID

Q64959346

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