Le repas à Emmaus (3e planche) (The Supper at Emmaus) (third plate)

1910

Jean-Louis Forain

Associated Names
Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

The image depicts an etching of four individuals. One person on the left holds an infant. The central figure is seated and the person on the right is standing. Another individual leans over a table in the foreground. The background consists of dense cross-hatching. A table with a round object is in the foreground.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on laid Van Gelder paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 23.6 × 29.3 cm (9 5/16 × 11 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 36.1 × 48.1 cm (14 3/16 × 18 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3799

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faxon 1982, no. 103

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lucien Henraux [1877-1926], Paris; 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. "G98only" 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

"VAN GELDER ZONEN" / [Fortune figure]

Wikidata ID

Q64959371

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