Le Christ portant sa croix (4e planche) (Christ Carrying the Cross) (fourth plate), 1910

Not on View

Medium

etching and drypoint in brown on laid Van Gelder paper

Dimensions

plate: 30.1 × 39.6 cm (11 7/8 × 15 9/16 in.)

sheet: 38.9 × 51.5 cm (15 5/16 × 20 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Faxon 1982, no. 116

Accession Number

1943.3.3807

Artists / Makers

Jean-Louis Forain (artist) French, 1852 - 1931

Image Use

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Inscription

"forain" lower right margin, red pencil, artist's hand. "G110" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "Le Christ portant sa croix" verso, lower center sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "Carrying the Cross" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "G110 4th pl." verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "k.7121" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Marks and Labels

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).

Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius

Bibliography

1982: Faxon, Alicia Craig. Jean-Louis Forain: A Catalogue Raisonne of the Prints. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1982.