Le repos en Egypte (The Rest in Egypt)
1909
Artist, French, 1852 - 1931
Jean-Louis Forain

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and drypoint on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 18 × 24.9 cm (7 1/16 × 9 13/16 in.)
sheet: 29.4 × 43.4 cm (11 9/16 × 17 1/16 in.) -
Accession Number
1943.3.3823
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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, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. "Le repos en Egypte" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "08" lower right margin, brown ink, unknown hand. "21484" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "83157" verso, center sheet, graphite, unknown hand.
Markings
"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).
Watermarks
[grapes] / "SL"
Wikidata ID
Q64959421