Pietà (3e planche) (Pietà) (third plate)
1910
Artist, French, 1852 - 1931
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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: 29.8 × 41.7 cm (11 3/4 × 16 7/16 in.)
sheet: 38.7 × 54.9 cm (15 1/4 × 21 5/8 in.) -
Accession
1943.3.3810
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Catalogue Raisonné
Faxon 1982, no. 128, State i/ii
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1957
The Life of Christ in Prints, 14 venue touring exhibition organized by the American Federation of Arts (J.B. Speed Museum, Louisville, KY; Grand Rapids Art Gallery, MI; Time, Inc., New York, NY; Washington County Museum, Hagerstown, MD; Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, CO; Newcomb College, New Orleans, LA; Wells College, Aurora, NY; Mississippi Art Association, Jackson, MS; Calgary Allied Arts Centre, Alberta, Canada; Edmonton Art Gallery, Alberta, Canada; Sackville Art Association, New Brunswick, Canada; and Winnipeg Art Gallery, Manitoba, Canada), 1957-1960, no cat.
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 119 I Pietà (3rd Plate)" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "A44590" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "c7920" 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
"VAN GELDER ZONEN" / [Fortune figure]
Wikidata ID
Q64959392