The Adulteress

Jean-Louis Forain, c. 1910

This is a drawing of several figures, one of whom is lying on the ground. It depicts a moment of interaction among a group of figures, with one figure gesturing and another figure assisting the person on the ground.… · description from the collection

Collection data

Artist: Jean-Louis Forain ¹
Date: c. 1910 ¹
Medium: pen and brown and grey ink on brown wove paper mounted on board ¹
Original: 4,561 × 3,511 px ¹
License: CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access)
Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection

Object record, National Gallery of Art

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Close in palette, light and contrast · computed

A work made of color woodblock print; hashira-e.

A work made of hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban.

The image depicts a full-body line drawing of a male figure in a crouched position. The figure is shown from head to toe, slightly hunched forward. He has a broad and muscular build, with exaggeratedly large arms and…

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Similar light, opposite temperature · computed

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