Le départ de l'enfant prodigue (1ère planche, en hauteur) (The Departure of the Prodigal Son) (first plate, vertical)

probably 1912/1913

Jean-Louis Forain

Associated Names
Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

The image shows three people in full view. In the center, a woman faces a person on the right, holding onto their coat lapel. She wears a long, dark cloak covering her head, with a tired expression and closed eyes. The person she faces wears a trench coat and a wide-brimmed hat, obscuring their face. Behind the woman stands an older man with a bald head and a solemn expression. A large bag is on the ground near them. The background features a simple outline of a building with arched windows on the left and empty space on the right.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 22.8 × 20.5 cm (9 × 8 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 43.3 × 33.7 cm (17 1/16 × 13 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3816

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faxon 1982, no. 154, State iii-iv/v

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. "(EE2080)" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "Depart de l'Enfant Prodigue" 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

None.

Wikidata ID

Q64959408

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