Le femme adultère (3e planche) (The Adulteress) (third plate)

1910

Jean-Louis Forain

Associated Names
Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

The image depicts three partially drawn figures. The first figure, on the left, is shown from the waist up, reaching out with an extended arm. The second figure, in the center, is bent forward and detailed with a cloak or heavy garment. Part of a third prone figure is visible below the second figure. In the background, a faint fourth figure is depicted. The backdrop is a textured beige color.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint in brown on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 30.3 × 40.2 cm (11 15/16 × 15 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 37.9 × 54.9 cm (14 15/16 × 21 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3812

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faxon 1982, no. 132, 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. "MK 29079[stricken] MK 31743" 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

None.

Wikidata ID

Q64959400

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