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

1910

Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

Media Options

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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

    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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