Le Christ dépouillé de ses vêtements (Christ Stripped of His Clothes)

1909

Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint in brown on wove Van Gelder paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 23.1 × 28.9 cm (9 1/8 × 11 3/8 in.)
    plate: 24.1 × 29.9 cm (9 1/2 × 11 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 38.4 × 54.5 cm (15 1/8 × 21 7/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.3788

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faxon 1982, no. 88, State i/v


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Alfred Beurdeley [1847-1919], Paris, (Lugt 421); 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. "os6a54 / 950 net." lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "Le Dépouillément" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "a 98664" verso, lower center sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "y no. o [stricken]" 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 ZON[EN]"

Wikidata ID

Q64959353


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