La repos en Egypte (The Rest in Egypt)
c. 1916
Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 17.9 × 24.8 cm (7 1/16 × 9 3/4 in.)
sheet: 24.3 × 34.2 cm (9 9/16 × 13 7/16 in.) -
Accession
1943.3.3813
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Catalogue Raisonné
Faxon 1982, no. 173, State i/iii
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, red colored pencil, artist's hand. Not dated. "1er état" lower right margin, black chalk, artist's hand. "K7546" 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
Q64959404