Lourdes, l'imploration devant la Grotte (4e planche) (Lourdes, Imploring before the Grotto) (fourth plate)

1912/1913

Jean-Louis Forain

Associated Names
Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

The image is an etched drawing showing two people kneeling on the floor. The man has a beard and facial features with minimal detail. The woman has long hair flowing down her back. The man is holding a boot with his right hand. The background consists of dense crosshatching lines creating a textured effect. The figures are central with no additional objects or details in their immediate environment.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on blue laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 29.7 × 26 cm (11 11/16 × 10 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 44.2 × 29.4 cm (17 3/8 × 11 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3871

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faxon 1982, no. 153, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Charles Sessler, Philadelphia); sold 20 September 1930 to 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

"1er etat / forain" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. "Lourdes / l'imploration" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. "ES" lower left margin, brown ink, unknown hand. "31967 MK" 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

Q64959507

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