Le Christ dépouillé de se vêtements (Christ Stripped of His Clothes)

1909

Jean-Louis Forain

Associated Names
Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

This is a drawing of several figures in an emotional moment. The drawing is executed in a loose, sketch-like manner with bold lines. Two figures are interacting in the center, one supporting the other. Another figure kneels and gestures upwards. Faint lines in the background suggest more figures or landscape features.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    transfer lithograph on laid Van Gelder paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 29.5 × 45.2 cm (11 5/8 × 17 13/16 in.)
    sheet (irreg.): 49.7 × 65.3 cm (19 9/16 × 25 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3892

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faxon 1982, no. 270

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Charles Sessler, Philadelphia); sold 11 July 1928 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

"forain" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. "14-25" lower left margin, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. "Le Christ dépoillé de se vêtements." lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "K 5553 / c 6082" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "L." lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "A 26688" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "cons6082" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "68" upper 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

[crowned Strasburg lily] "VGL / VAN GELDER ZONEN"

Wikidata ID

Q64959543

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