Avant le repas à Emmaus (1ère planche) (Before the Supper at Emmaus) (first plate)
1910
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: 29.7 × 39.3 cm (11 11/16 × 15 1/2 in.)
sheet: 38.9 × 54.6 cm (15 5/16 × 21 1/2 in.) -
Accession
1943.3.3797
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Catalogue Raisonné
Faxon 1982, no. 99, State only
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. "G. 95 I Avant le repas à Emmaus" verso, lower center sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "19842" 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
[Fortune figure] / "VAN GELDER ZONEN"
Wikidata ID
Q64959369