Le repas à Emmaus (2e planche) (The Supper at Emmaus) (second plate)

1910

Jean-Louis Forain

Associated Names
Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

The image shows a sketch of four individuals seated at a table. Two individuals are seen from the waist up. One is leaning forward with their head on their forearm, while the other, with short, curly hair and pronounced facial features, faces the viewer with a solemn expression. The third individual is partially obscured and looking down, while the fourth individual leans over the table, possibly resting their elbows on it, with a beard and balding head and a focused expression. All individuals wear indistinct clothing, and the background consists of vertical and diagonal lines suggesting a simple indoor setting.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint in brown on laid Van Gelder paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 24 × 29.9 cm (9 7/16 × 11 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 36.2 × 48.7 cm (14 1/4 × 19 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3798

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faxon 1982, no. 102, State iv/v

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, red colored pencil, artist's hand. Not dated. "G97IV" 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

[crowned Strasburg lily] "VGL / VAN GELDER ZON[EN]"

Wikidata ID

Q64959370

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