a) Print Connoisseur (recto); b) Sketch of Print Connoisseur (verso)

Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

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Artwork overview

Medium

a) brush and brown ink and black chalk with brown wash and white heightening on laid Van Gelder paper b) black crayon on laid Van Gelder paper
Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection
Dimensions

overall: 33.5 x 48.5 cm (13 3/16 x 19 1/8 in.)
Accession

1943.3.3903.a-b

Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

"forain" upper right composition, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. Verso: none.

Markings

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

Watermarks

"VAN GELDER ZONEN"

Wikidata ID

Q64581267