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Le Calvaire (1901-02)

Jean Louis Forain

etching

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Le Calvaire (1901-02)
Le Calvaire (1901-02)
Le Calvaire (1901-02)

Photo credit: Trustees of the British Museum

Details

Classification:

Print

Materials:

Ink, Paper

Physical Object Description:

Figures at Calvary, (?) prior to the Deposition; the Virgin, St Mary Magdalene and St John the Evangelist at left, with a group of men holding ladder at right and two others in foreground, all hanging their heads. Signed and inscribed: "2eme etat".

Technique:

Etching

Dimensions:

39.7 x 49.3 cm

Accession Number:

1927,0212.141

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1927

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Gifted by G. Henderson to the Contemporary Art Society, 1920; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1920

Relationship:

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Subject:

Crucifixion, Life of Christ, Virgin Mary

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Artist Bio

Jean Louis Forain
Le Calvaire (1901-02)

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