La route d'Emmaüs (2e planche) (The Road to Emmaus) (second plate)

1902/1907

Jean-Louis Forain

Associated Names
Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

This print is a faint depiction of two or three people standing side by side. They appear to gesture or reach towards each other. The person in the center appears to be crouching down, supported by the person on the right who seems to hold a long, thin object resembling a staff. The people appear to have shoulder-length, flowing hair and are wearing loose-fitting garments. Their details and facial features are hard to identify due to the faint lines, and there could be a third person between them, although the shapes are ambiguous. The background features darker, swirling lines in the sky.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 27.8 × 22 cm (10 15/16 × 8 11/16 in.)
    sheet (irreg.): 29.2 × 42 cm (11 1/2 × 16 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3821

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faxon 1982, no. 34, State i/ii

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. "La route d'Emmaüs (2e planche) (1er etat)" lower center margin, graphite, unknown hand. "cons6079" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "A26682" lower right 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

Q64959414

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