Déclaration d'amour (Declaration of Love)

c. 1880

Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 26.1 × 20.8 cm (10 1/4 × 8 3/16 in.)
    sheet (irreg.): 31.1 × 25 cm (12 1/4 × 9 13/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.3829

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faxon 1982, no. 174

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. "Déclaration d'amour" lower center margin, graphite, unknown hand. "C6481" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "A26083" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.

Markings

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, stamped twice, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q64959430

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